# Wilfred Bion
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Wilfred Ruprecht Bion DSO (; 8 September 1897 – 8 November 1979) was an influential English psychoanalyst, who became president of the British Psychoanalytical Society from 1962 to 1965.
== Early life and military service ==
Bion was born in Mathura, North-Western Provinces, India, and educated at Bishop's Stortford College in England. After the outbreak of the First World War, he served in the Tank Corps as a tank commander in France, and was awarded both the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) (on 18 February 1918, for his actions at the Battle of Cambrai), and the Croix de Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
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Parenting overwhelm rarely looks like the movie version of a breakdown. Sometimes it’s quiet. You still get everyone fed, you still answer the school emails, you still show up for work but inside you feel flat, flooded, and one small request away from snapping. I’m Kim Lee, a child…
Why It Feels Like It’s Happening Again. Episode 2.When The Past Feels Present
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Episode 4. How Parents Become A Child’s External Brain
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Reading, Sleep, Attention, Grief (Vandal Live at UC-Berkeley)
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Feelings Without A Home
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A child doesn’t need perfect parents to learn emotional health, but they do need emotions to be allowed to exist. When a parent is emotionally avoidant, a child’s fear, sadness, or anger can start to feel like something they must hide, manage alone, or act out just to be noticed. T…
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