The Pain-Pleasure Cycle: New Advancements in KI

In this special episode, revealing upcoming developments in KI, Scott explores how emotional repression influences human behavior through the lens of the pleasure-pain principle. This principle, rooted in early psychological theories, highlights our innate drive to seek pleasure and avoid pain.

Using the iceberg model as a framework, Scott categorizes emotional programs into two distinct areas: those that reside above the water, representing our needs for connection, safety, and validation, and those that lie beneath, encompassing the pain-producing programs associated with the repression of anger, sadness, and hurt.

This episode emphasizes how unmet needs are connected to emotional repression, showing people a very direct, accessible, and simple way to see how the pain-pleasure cycle creates suffering from emotional repression in their everyday experience.

This episode is focused on how to dismantle barriers to authentic expression and connection by addressing skillfully the pain-pleasure mechanism. This leads to a more fulfilling life and improved relationships.

If you are interested in working with Scott and his one-on-one 90-day intensive program using the beta version of what he has described in this episode, come speak to him for free at https://kiloby.com/scott.

Check out Scott’s full article on Medium on this topic (with the science to support): https://medium.com/@skiloby/emotional-repression-and-the-pain-pleasure-principle-e5a531787086.