The Same Emotional Structure · with Susan Q
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Why Does Desire Make Us Feel So Alive?
Deleuze and the Emotional Architecture of Wanting What if the person we desire is only part of what we’re actually longing for? Drawing primarily from Gilles Deleuze’s idea of agencement—the configuration or assemblage that makes desire possible—this episode explores desire…
Listen on PodbeanDonkanryoku: The Power of Not Reacting to Everything We Notice
How much of what we perceive in other people is actually there—and how much is the meaning we create around it? In this episode of The Same Emotional Structure, Susan Q explores Donkanryoku, a Japanese idea often translated as “the…
Listen on PodbeanWhy Sexual Tension Can Feel So Powerful
Why can sexual tension feel so powerful—even when we don’t actually want a relationship with the person? In this episode of The Same Emotional Structure, Susan Q explores sexual tension through attraction, obstacle, uncertainty, projection, emotional regulation, the Emotional Operating…
Listen on PodbeanEmotional Regulation: The Origins of Our Emotional Patterns
Why can some people experience difficult emotions and hold them internally, while others need someone else to change, reassure them, or create distance before they can feel okay again? In Emotional Regulation: The Origins of Our Emotional Patterns, we explore…
Listen on PodbeanWhat Happens When You Can’t Hold What You Feel?
“Projective Identification and the Emotional Architecture of Relationships” In this episode of The Same Emotional Structure with Susan Q, we explore the emotional architecture of projection and projective identification—what happens when feelings or parts of ourselves become too difficult to…
Listen on PodbeanThe Pedestal, the Armor, and the System: Beyond Detachment
Why do we cut people off—and when is distance actually freedom? In this episode of The Same Emotional Structure, Susan Q explores what happens beneath detachment in friendships and close relationships. Sometimes a boundary comes from clarity and self-respect. Other…
Listen on PodbeanWhy Love Doesn’t Always Make Us Feel Secure
Why can someone love us deeply—and we still feel anxious, uncertain, or afraid of losing them? In this episode of The Same Emotional Structure, Susan Q explores the psychology beneath attachment insecurity, reassurance-seeking, emotional dependency, and our difficulty tolerating separation.…
Listen on PodbeanWhen Your Mind Has Left, But Your Body Hasn’t
You can know a relationship is over long before your body seems to understand it. In this episode of The Same Emotional Structure, Susan Q explores why we can feel restless, angry, or emotionally activated even after making the right…
Listen on PodbeanWhat Is Your Defense Protecting?
Have you ever wondered why you can crave closeness and then pull away when you finally get it? Why you can feel fiercely independent one moment and terrified of losing someone the next? In this episode of The Same Emotional…
Listen on PodbeanWhen Choosing Yourself Becomes the Only Choice
Have you ever known a relationship wasn’t good for you—and still found yourself going back? You understood the pattern. You knew the cost. You told yourself you wouldn’t reach out again. And then, somehow, you did. In this episode, we…
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