Martha Crawford
@whatashrinkthinks.com
focused on: death work, dream work, community building & psychologies of liberation
Essays in Slate, Vox, New York Magazine
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Website: whatashrinkthinks.com
Essays in Slate, Vox, New York Magazine
Crone
Quaker-ish
She/Her
Website: whatashrinkthinks.com
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Martha Crawford
@whatashrinkthinks.com
· Jul 17
What A Shrink Thinks
Martha Crawford offering workshops, consultations, and essays on dreams,
death, contemplation, community resilience and psychologies of liberation
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
A thread to pin to my feed about the different kinds of work that I do around something central that feels whole to me:
Almost everything is offered on a pay-what-you-can basis
Upcoming events and workshops are a good place to start
Almost everything is offered on a pay-what-you-can basis
Upcoming events and workshops are a good place to start
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We are wading into Meister Eckhart on December 4th if you want to tip-toe in with us
Accepting new members
Accepting new members
Depth & Mysticism Study Group — What A Shrink Thinks
a bimonthly facilitated reading and discussion group
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
We are wading into Meister Eckhart on December 4th if you want to tip-toe in with us
Accepting new members
Accepting new members
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Dream study requires that we look at ourselves embedded in a dominant culture that actively - through advertising, social and mass media, and propaganda -attempts to shape our thoughts and behaviors by activating our instinctive reactions...
By donation, Tues in January
By donation, Tues in January
Dream Workshop — What A Shrink Thinks
Exploring dreams as a creative, contemplative, and community-building
practice
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Dream study requires that we look at ourselves embedded in a dominant culture that actively - through advertising, social and mass media, and propaganda -attempts to shape our thoughts and behaviors by activating our instinctive reactions...
By donation, Tues in January
By donation, Tues in January
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This subscription tier offers two essays and one zoom discussion group every month for $10 or less (annual fee is discounted) every month
Lectio Essays | Explore Insightful Reflections — What A Shrink Thinks
Delve into meditative essays and discussions on archetypal, mystical texts. Subscribe for thought-provoking content twice monthly.
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This subscription tier offers two essays and one zoom discussion group every month for $10 or less (annual fee is discounted) every month
Financial toxicity kills
Even just knowing the real total charges of your chemotherapy can shorten lives, especially for extremely expensive treatments.
Even just knowing the real total charges of your chemotherapy can shorten lives, especially for extremely expensive treatments.
neither of the cancers i have had were life-threatening but there's a lot about this that i think i understand!!! news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Odds of surviving cancer drop drastically when credit score dips — Harvard Gazette
Study explores links between financial stress and mortality risk.
news.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Financial toxicity kills
Even just knowing the real total charges of your chemotherapy can shorten lives, especially for extremely expensive treatments.
Even just knowing the real total charges of your chemotherapy can shorten lives, especially for extremely expensive treatments.
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
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The reasons are not that complicated.
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Posting the left handedness chart online from now until the end of time:
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The reasons are not that complicated.
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1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
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Commentary: Political leaders talk about “heritage” but not “sovereignty” and see Native tribes as part of the past, not as governments operating now. bit.ly/3JQVx2Q
📝 Kerri Malloy
📝 Kerri Malloy
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Commentary: Political leaders talk about “heritage” but not “sovereignty” and see Native tribes as part of the past, not as governments operating now. bit.ly/3JQVx2Q
📝 Kerri Malloy
📝 Kerri Malloy
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Anyway, it's kind of insane that Carville's claim to fame was getting a candidate 43% in a presidential election (the lowest winning share of the popular vote since Woodrow Wilson) and we've had to hear from him non-stop for three+ decades.
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Anyway, it's kind of insane that Carville's claim to fame was getting a candidate 43% in a presidential election (the lowest winning share of the popular vote since Woodrow Wilson) and we've had to hear from him non-stop for three+ decades.
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Last week in dream group, a dream someone shared led to the question:
"What to do if one needs help, but the 'helpers' are harmful?"
It simmered down overwhelming and unrelenting headlines to one precise quandary, and that essence has helped me better see my role (and potential role) in things.
"What to do if one needs help, but the 'helpers' are harmful?"
It simmered down overwhelming and unrelenting headlines to one precise quandary, and that essence has helped me better see my role (and potential role) in things.
You may imagine this is a deeply woo-woo workshop-
But I actually think of it as quite agnostic, and political - focused on forging a discerning relationship with our intuitions and noticing the cultural myths and manipulations that influence and form us.
But I actually think of it as quite agnostic, and political - focused on forging a discerning relationship with our intuitions and noticing the cultural myths and manipulations that influence and form us.
Dream study requires that we look at ourselves embedded in a dominant culture that actively - through advertising, social and mass media, and propaganda -attempts to shape our thoughts and behaviors by activating our instinctive reactions...
By donation, Tues in January
By donation, Tues in January
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Last week in dream group, a dream someone shared led to the question:
"What to do if one needs help, but the 'helpers' are harmful?"
It simmered down overwhelming and unrelenting headlines to one precise quandary, and that essence has helped me better see my role (and potential role) in things.
"What to do if one needs help, but the 'helpers' are harmful?"
It simmered down overwhelming and unrelenting headlines to one precise quandary, and that essence has helped me better see my role (and potential role) in things.
Reposted by Martha Crawford
You may imagine this is a deeply woo-woo workshop-
But I actually think of it as quite agnostic, and political - focused on forging a discerning relationship with our intuitions and noticing the cultural myths and manipulations that influence and form us.
But I actually think of it as quite agnostic, and political - focused on forging a discerning relationship with our intuitions and noticing the cultural myths and manipulations that influence and form us.
Dream study requires that we look at ourselves embedded in a dominant culture that actively - through advertising, social and mass media, and propaganda -attempts to shape our thoughts and behaviors by activating our instinctive reactions...
By donation, Tues in January
By donation, Tues in January
Dream Workshop — What A Shrink Thinks
Exploring dreams as a creative, contemplative, and community-building
practice
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
You may imagine this is a deeply woo-woo workshop-
But I actually think of it as quite agnostic, and political - focused on forging a discerning relationship with our intuitions and noticing the cultural myths and manipulations that influence and form us.
But I actually think of it as quite agnostic, and political - focused on forging a discerning relationship with our intuitions and noticing the cultural myths and manipulations that influence and form us.
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I really wish more scientists & artists were on here. When I go to in-person gatherings it’s really clear what a small sliver of us are here.
And I get it, how many social media collapses do you have to weather before you just give up?
But organizing would be so much easier if we were all here 😭
And I get it, how many social media collapses do you have to weather before you just give up?
But organizing would be so much easier if we were all here 😭
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I really wish more scientists & artists were on here. When I go to in-person gatherings it’s really clear what a small sliver of us are here.
And I get it, how many social media collapses do you have to weather before you just give up?
But organizing would be so much easier if we were all here 😭
And I get it, how many social media collapses do you have to weather before you just give up?
But organizing would be so much easier if we were all here 😭
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I have two friends who reported experienced that exact same awful treatment. There is no excuse for the systems who claim to be helping us to push this crackpot shit. If SSRIs cured LC there’d be a lot less LC. Putrino’s
@ this link👇🏻is the only clinic I’ve heard anyone have a good experience with.
@ this link👇🏻is the only clinic I’ve heard anyone have a good experience with.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I have two friends who reported experienced that exact same awful treatment. There is no excuse for the systems who claim to be helping us to push this crackpot shit. If SSRIs cured LC there’d be a lot less LC. Putrino’s
@ this link👇🏻is the only clinic I’ve heard anyone have a good experience with.
@ this link👇🏻is the only clinic I’ve heard anyone have a good experience with.
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Ppl w #LongCovid in nyc: avoid the Mt Sinai clinic in union square.
It is not connected to the one lead by David Putrino. The union square is run by a nurse who is pushing SSRIs as the only possible Covid treatment & if you don’t want them they refuse to offer anything else.
And they insult you.
It is not connected to the one lead by David Putrino. The union square is run by a nurse who is pushing SSRIs as the only possible Covid treatment & if you don’t want them they refuse to offer anything else.
And they insult you.
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ppl w #LongCovid in nyc: avoid the Mt Sinai clinic in union square.
It is not connected to the one lead by David Putrino. The union square is run by a nurse who is pushing SSRIs as the only possible Covid treatment & if you don’t want them they refuse to offer anything else.
And they insult you.
It is not connected to the one lead by David Putrino. The union square is run by a nurse who is pushing SSRIs as the only possible Covid treatment & if you don’t want them they refuse to offer anything else.
And they insult you.
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I will also tell you this:
There were as many bot-farmed “dreams” about Donald Trump as “savior” as there were bot-“dreams” about Trump as anti-Christ.
Its not just “others” that propagandist bot farms have been manipulating.
There were as many bot-farmed “dreams” about Donald Trump as “savior” as there were bot-“dreams” about Trump as anti-Christ.
Its not just “others” that propagandist bot farms have been manipulating.
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I will also tell you this:
There were as many bot-farmed “dreams” about Donald Trump as “savior” as there were bot-“dreams” about Trump as anti-Christ.
Its not just “others” that propagandist bot farms have been manipulating.
There were as many bot-farmed “dreams” about Donald Trump as “savior” as there were bot-“dreams” about Trump as anti-Christ.
Its not just “others” that propagandist bot farms have been manipulating.
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If you want to take workshop on the collective aspects of dreaming with a Mad Cassandra who people decided was "a little too out there" when its just facts -
You are welcome to sign up - pay what you can.
You are welcome to sign up - pay what you can.
Dream Workshop — What A Shrink Thinks
Exploring dreams as a creative, contemplative, and community-building
practice
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
If you want to take workshop on the collective aspects of dreaming with a Mad Cassandra who people decided was "a little too out there" when its just facts -
You are welcome to sign up - pay what you can.
You are welcome to sign up - pay what you can.
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Maybe after X's location reveal more people will understand how bot-farms are constantly trying to shape our behavior, and our unconscious beliefs.
But it really sucks screaming the sky-is-falling about this since 2018 to BLANK STARES and rolling eyes.
But it really sucks screaming the sky-is-falling about this since 2018 to BLANK STARES and rolling eyes.
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Maybe after X's location reveal more people will understand how bot-farms are constantly trying to shape our behavior, and our unconscious beliefs.
But it really sucks screaming the sky-is-falling about this since 2018 to BLANK STARES and rolling eyes.
But it really sucks screaming the sky-is-falling about this since 2018 to BLANK STARES and rolling eyes.
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people have regularly looked at me like I am mad.
Like "BOTS? PSYOPS? Trying to influence our DREAMS?"
Yes.
Yes.
exactly that.
Like "BOTS? PSYOPS? Trying to influence our DREAMS?"
Yes.
Yes.
exactly that.
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
people have regularly looked at me like I am mad.
Like "BOTS? PSYOPS? Trying to influence our DREAMS?"
Yes.
Yes.
exactly that.
Like "BOTS? PSYOPS? Trying to influence our DREAMS?"
Yes.
Yes.
exactly that.
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When I have actually talked about the psyop dreams I came across in the 45 Dreams project - (collected and sorted over 3,000 dreams of Donald Trump from anonymous submissions & Twitter ) - the bot dreams that I ignored for a long time, before I understood why I should consider a sample at least -
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
When I have actually talked about the psyop dreams I came across in the 45 Dreams project - (collected and sorted over 3,000 dreams of Donald Trump from anonymous submissions & Twitter ) - the bot dreams that I ignored for a long time, before I understood why I should consider a sample at least -
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Okay. Yes. We’re bored now. We’re all bored. But has it ever occurred to you, Charlie Brown, that the process which creates this boredom that we see in the world now may very well be a self-perpetuating unconscious form of brainwashing created by a world totalitarian government based on money?
Everything's in ruins, Charlie Brown, everything's been degraded, but I could say that they've ruined and degraded everything, because this is not some kind of cataclysm coming about with so-called innocent human aid, on the contrary, it's about man's own judgment over his own self, which of course–
I know you’re not actually a person in the strictest sense of the word, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Okay. Yes. We’re bored now. We’re all bored. But has it ever occurred to you, Charlie Brown, that the process which creates this boredom that we see in the world now may very well be a self-perpetuating unconscious form of brainwashing created by a world totalitarian government based on money?
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““The abuse has been worse since the strike,” said Duane Brown, 44, who is serving 30 years to life for murder and said guards at Green Haven Correctional Facility had beaten him to unconsciousness in September.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
““The abuse has been worse since the strike,” said Duane Brown, 44, who is serving 30 years to life for murder and said guards at Green Haven Correctional Facility had beaten him to unconsciousness in September.”
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I’m also personally aware of ICE being called on people owed large sums of money and with whom someone has a personal grievance
HOUSTON: A church employee pretended to be ICE to extort a masseuse for money who is in the country legally with a temporary visa
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’m also personally aware of ICE being called on people owed large sums of money and with whom someone has a personal grievance
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When the prison guards went on strike, many inmates said they were doing so to preserve their ability to do things like this.
A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
When the prison guards went on strike, many inmates said they were doing so to preserve their ability to do things like this.
“I think most Americans would be stunned to learn that international adoptees have not all been automatically granted the same status as their U.S. parents. Several grown adoptees have already been deported, including individuals who came to the United States as infants”
A mother shares the terrifying reality that her internationally adopted son, raised in the U.S. since childhood, could be detained or deported by ICE because he was never granted citizenship. 35-70k adoptees remain in this legal limbo. Urge Congress to pass the PAAF Act. 🥚
I'm A U.S. Citizen. I'm Terrified My Adopted Son Will Be Snatched By ICE Due To A Heartbreaking Loophole.
"I lie awake at night worried that he’ll be snatched off the street and taken to a nightmarish prison in some other country, and I’ll never see him again."
www.huffpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“I think most Americans would be stunned to learn that international adoptees have not all been automatically granted the same status as their U.S. parents. Several grown adoptees have already been deported, including individuals who came to the United States as infants”
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A mother shares the terrifying reality that her internationally adopted son, raised in the U.S. since childhood, could be detained or deported by ICE because he was never granted citizenship. 35-70k adoptees remain in this legal limbo. Urge Congress to pass the PAAF Act. 🥚
I'm A U.S. Citizen. I'm Terrified My Adopted Son Will Be Snatched By ICE Due To A Heartbreaking Loophole.
"I lie awake at night worried that he’ll be snatched off the street and taken to a nightmarish prison in some other country, and I’ll never see him again."
www.huffpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A mother shares the terrifying reality that her internationally adopted son, raised in the U.S. since childhood, could be detained or deported by ICE because he was never granted citizenship. 35-70k adoptees remain in this legal limbo. Urge Congress to pass the PAAF Act. 🥚