As a psychiatrist, I have learned that some of the most meaningful moments in treatment occur not when tension disappears, but when it is named and lived with. I have sat with patients who tell me, “ I hate these medications ,” and then, in the same breath, admit, “ I am terrified of what happens if I stop them.” Others describe a crushing sense of hopelessness, yet they still show up faithfully, week after week. These apparent contradictions are not signs of confusion or weakness. They are, in fact, the essence of being human.

The idea that truth emerges from contradiction is not new. Socrates showed that by questioning assumptions and surfacing inconsistencies, we could move toward deeper understanding. Plato described dialectic as a ladder of reasoning that ascends step by step tow

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