All strangulations in EoE refer back to one another in someway. As soon as Shinji strangles Asuka during Instrumentality, images of Naoko strangling Rei I flash before our eyes. And when Shinji strangles Asuka yet again at the end of EoE, it's an inverse image from the strangulation moment between ...

I only recently noticed this, having come to the realization that dubs are almost always horribly inaccurate, switching to subs, watching EoE again, and noticing that I was never able to hear that Kyoko said things other than "You won't die". I think of it like this; Asuka has only just b...

The meaning of the AT Field seems to be rather multi-faceted in the series. On the most fundamental level, the AT Field, to me, is merely that which separates an individual from their surrounding existence and their reality. The AT Field represents the boundaries we construct in an effort to contra...

I find Shinji's inability to commit suicide much more interesting than the fact that he attempted it. Why can't he do it? Is it due more to a physical or a mental/psychological inability? Can provide some insight. This is a multifaced issue. Suicide can be an impulse (why SSRIs aren't usually given...

I would say that Gendo's immense sense of self-loathing also counts against him being a sociopath. Sociopaths believe that they are entitled to others' affection. It is pretty much the entirely opposite with Gendo; he strongly believes that he is inherently too worthless and terrible of a person to...

This is an amazing explanation. Can say: similar ideas are a part of how I was taught to "ground" in dissociative episodes. Feeling people, noticing up and down. The boundary of us and another person is actually one of the ways our brain reassures our existence, naturally.

Well, this is my first time posting, so I must apologize beforehand if I do not seem to fit the forum culture. However, I actually joined to discuss this specific topic, so I hope you can all hold on. Before I begin, there are a few things you must know. I am 1. rather mentally disordered. I have 6 ...