BuzzFeed : 5 Things We Learned From The First Episode Of NPR's “Invisibilia”

The podcast debuted at No. 1 above Serial on iTunes. Catch up on the history of thoughts and other fascinating tidbits.

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For its new six-part podcast, Invisibilia hosts Alix Spiegel and Lulu Miller examine the invisible stuff that shapes us.

Last week's debut bumped Serial from the top spot on iTunes. Here are some of the remarkable facts from the show's premiere, "The Secret History of Thoughts."

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It really depends on what therapy you seek. In the case of S, the man who became overwhelmed with violent thoughts, his search for answers led him through several therapists' doors.

You've heard of Sigmund Freud — or at the very least his slip — and psychoanalysis, a form of therapy that excavates your unconscious in an attempt to get rid of repressed problems lurking in your head. Usually depicted as someone reclining on a nice comfy couch, that was the traditional approach in therapy for a long, long time.

When S saw a Freudian-type therapist, she became wary of his thoughts and discontinued the therapy.

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