The Questions Began With Experience
My interest in psychology and philosophy grew from trying to understand my own experiences with mental illness and the ways those experiences changed my relationship with memory, thought, emotion, perception, and identity.
When Automatic Processes Become Visible
Many mental processes normally happen without requiring conscious attention. When those processes become disrupted, inconsistent, or difficult to trust, you are forced to examine mechanisms that are usually invisible.
From Experience to Framework
Self Supporting Mind developed as a way to organize those questions. It is not presented as a substitute for clinical science or as proof derived from personal experience. Instead, it is a philosophical framework that can be compared against existing research.
My experience is not evidence that a theory is true. It is the reason I started asking the questions.