# unlearning (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover unlearning. Page: Feed: --- ## [Anger After Narcissistic Abuse](https://erinnicolemcginnislmft.substack.com/p/anger-after-narcissistic-abuse) _2026-08-16 · Erin Nicole McGinnis, LMFT · Letters of Unlearning_ Why reclaiming your anger can be an important part of healing from narcissistic abuse ## [The Fawn Response: How Narcissistic Abuse Makes You Disappear](https://erinnicolemcginnislmft.substack.com/p/the-fawn-response-how-narcissistic) _2026-08-09 · Erin Nicole McGinnis, LMFT · Letters of Unlearning_ How trauma bonding and CPTSD teach you to fawn, and the way back to yourself. ## [Beginning To Thaw](https://erinnicolemcginnislmft.substack.com/p/beginning-to-thaw) _2026-08-02 · Erin Nicole McGinnis, LMFT · Letters of Unlearning_ A starter guide for coming out of the freeze response ## [Your Sensitivity Is A Gift For You, Not Them](https://erinnicolemcginnislmft.substack.com/p/your-sensitivity-is-a-gift-for-you) _2026-07-26 · Erin Nicole McGinnis, LMFT · Letters of Unlearning_ How sensitive people are targeted — and how to use that same gift to set yourself free. ## [The Functional Freeze](https://erinnicolemcginnislmft.substack.com/p/the-functional-freeze) _2026-07-19 · Erin Nicole McGinnis, LMFT · Letters of Unlearning_ Why you can look like you are managing everything and still be frozen inside. ## [Befriending the Tiger](https://erinnicolemcginnislmft.substack.com/p/befriending-the-tiger) _2026-07-12 · Erin Nicole McGinnis, LMFT · Letters of Unlearning_ What we usually get wrong about the fawn response. ## [Living With the Tiger](https://erinnicolemcginnislmft.substack.com/p/living-with-the-tiger) _2026-07-05 · Erin Nicole McGinnis, LMFT · Letters of Unlearning_ What CPTSD is, how trauma reshapes the brain, and the story it leaves behind about you. ## [Your Attachment Isn't a Style. It's a Strategy.](https://erinnicolemcginnislmft.substack.com/p/your-attachment-isnt-a-style-its) _2026-06-28 · Erin Nicole McGinnis, LMFT · Letters of Unlearning_ Why your attachment style was never a flaw, and why you’re not stuck with it. ## [It’s Not Just You](https://erinnicolemcginnislmft.substack.com/p/its-not-just-you) _2026-06-21 · Erin Nicole McGinnis, LMFT · Letters of Unlearning_ As narcissism rises, so do their victims ## [The Lie of Happily Ever After](https://erinnicolemcginnislmft.substack.com/p/the-lie-of-happily-ever-after) _2026-06-14 · Erin Nicole McGinnis, LMFT · Letters of Unlearning_ Why the love we were taught to chase was never love at all ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JAUjAotWs2jE) _2026-06-14 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [Write the documentation first](https://jrhawley.ca/2026/05/11/write-the-docs-first) _2026-05-11 · (untitled)_ I never regret writing documentation and outlines for projects first. ## [Making a Tree-sitter parser for FASTA](https://jrhawley.ca/2026/04/19/tree-sitter-fasta) _2026-04-19 · (untitled)_ Here I try to write a simple Tree-sitter parser for the FASTA file type. ## [Philosophy of science is fascinating](https://jrhawley.ca/2026/02/03/philosophy-of-science-is-fascinating) _2026-02-03 · (untitled)_ Interesting things happen at intersections, and a recent area of intersection that has caught my interest is the philosophy of science. Since the Enlightenment, people have noted that mathematicians and scientists do a kind of academic research that seems different from other disciplines. What differentiates these disciplines? When does something cross the line from science into pseudo-science?… ## [I like reading people's theses](https://jrhawley.ca/2026/01/09/i-like-reading-theses) _2026-01-09 · (untitled)_ When I am about to work with someone new or have an important meeting, I like to prepare by finding that person's Master's or PhD thesis and giving it a cursory read. Viewed in the right light, a thesis gives me an intimate understanding of who that person is, both as an individual and as a scientist. ## [We need an XDG spec for repositories](https://jrhawley.ca/2025/12/07/xdg-spec-for-repos) _2025-12-07 · (untitled)_ Root directories for software projects are over-cluttered and I think the XDG Base Directory specification can help us. ## [It's your job to understand](https://jrhawley.ca/2025/11/25/its-your-job-to-understand) _2025-11-25 · (untitled)_ I recently attended a presentation by people from Anthropic at work about their large language models. One undercurrent in the presentation was that thinking is hard - wouldn't it be nice if it was easier? I'm sorry to say, but that's your job. ## [Performing surgery on my Zotero database](https://jrhawley.ca/2025/08/28/performing-surgery-on-my-zotero-database) _2025-08-28 · (untitled)_ I encountered a unique problem with my setup that I couldn't find a solution for in the or anywhere else online. For posterity, here's how I solved it. ## [Blogroll](https://jrhawley.ca/2025/08/13/blogroll) _2025-08-13 · (untitled)_ A collection of interesting blogs I follow. ## [Recognizing National Indigenous Peoples Day](https://jrhawley.ca/2025/06/21/recognizing-national-indigenous-peoples-day) _2025-06-21 · (untitled)_ Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada and I think it's especially important to recognize the rights, dignity, and sovereignty of these peoples today in Canadian politics. ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MjImyeEpksAd) _2025-06-21 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [Science is political and always has been](https://jrhawley.ca/2024/11/15/science-is-political-and-always-has-been) _2024-11-15 · (untitled)_ There is a common attitude in academia, with scientists, and in science-adjacent areas that science is not political. Or, in other words, that science is at its best when it is non-political. An expression of this idea has been recently published the current president of the US's National Academy of Sciences. This perspective is, frankly, wrong.