E04: The Myth of Cognitive Primacy - why Reifying Rationality Is Keeping You Lonely.

The Lie of Cognitive Primacy — Why Your Feelings Matter More Than You’ve Been Told

What if the real reason you feel lonely, isolated and cut off from your fellow human beings... isn’t you?

In this episode, we confront one of the most insidious myths of modern life: cognitive primacy — the belief that our thoughts should govern our emotions, that logic is superior to feeling, and that healing means "thinking better."

But this isn’t just bad psychology. It’s a cultural weapon — one that isolates us, individualizes blame, and erases emotion as a valid form of knowing. We explore how this ideology disconnects us from ourselves and each other, and why reclaiming our emotional truth is not just healing — it’s radical resistance.

We unpack:
How cognitive primacy functions as a tool of self-surveillance and shame
Why CBT is institutionalised gaslighting
Why emotional intelligence isn’t about control, but connection
The political and social cost of treating feelings as errors
How grief, anger, and fear might be exactly what the moment calls for

You don’t need to be calm to be worthy. You don’t need to be “fixed” to be whole.
Your feelings are not a flaw — they’re a signal. A truth. A rebellion.

Philosophers/ Thinkers/ Authors Mentioned:
Rene Descartes
Immanual Kant
Sara Ahmed
Michel Foucualt
Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Intro/ Outro Music:
Jordan Reyne, "The Annihilation Sequence."
To be found at: https://jordanreyne.bandcamp.com

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