Comments on: Good marks for Freud? http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/ Thu, 24 May 2012 10:02:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Maggie's Farm http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98992 Maggie's Farm Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:03:25 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98992 <strong>Three links about Psychotherapy...</strong> Everybody at Maggie's has seemed too busy to do much writing of his own this past month or so, so we have been throwing up link posts without adding much to them. I am in the same boat at the moment. Ars Psychiatrica on The Impossible Profession... Three links about Psychotherapy…

Everybody at Maggie’s has seemed too busy to do much writing of his own this past month or so, so we have been throwing up link posts without adding much to them. I am in the same boat at the moment.
Ars Psychiatrica on The Impossible Profession…

]]> By: rickl http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98909 rickl Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:01:17 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98909 dane: <blockquote cite=""> Personally I subscribe to what Descartes said. “Most of man’s problems are caused by his inability to sit alone in a room with his own thoughts”.</blockquote> Wow. I have never heard that quote before, and it is really striking that he said it over 300 years ago, before the industrial revolution and the rise of mass media, television, the internet, iPods, video games, cell phones, and the concept of information overload. dane:

Personally I subscribe to what Descartes said. “Most of man’s problems are caused by his inability to sit alone in a room with his own thoughts”.

Wow. I have never heard that quote before, and it is really striking that he said it over 300 years ago, before the industrial revolution and the rise of mass media, television, the internet, iPods, video games, cell phones, and the concept of information overload.

]]> By: Bugs http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98868 Bugs Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:49:31 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98868 "Narcissism, elation, greed, frustration, anger, fear, despondent resignation…" A typical day in the Civil Service. “Narcissism, elation, greed, frustration, anger, fear, despondent resignation…”

A typical day in the Civil Service.

]]> By: Bugs http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98867 Bugs Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:44:31 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98867 I wouldn't like Freud flicking his cigar ash on my head while I was free associating. Unless that was part of the therapy. I wouldn’t like Freud flicking his cigar ash on my head while I was free associating. Unless that was part of the therapy.

]]> By: dane http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98866 dane Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:10:47 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98866 Personally I subscribe to what Descartes said. "Most of man's problems are caused by his inability to sit alone in a room with his own thoughts". But like everything else - that takes practice. And no disrespect to the profession Neo - but I also remember the scene in Crocodile Dundee at the party where he is being explained to about therapy and he says, "back home we just talk to our mates (friends)." Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had friends (or even just one) who you could say anything to without fear of being judged and would give you honest answers? Personally I subscribe to what Descartes said. “Most of man’s problems are caused by his inability to sit alone in a room with his own thoughts”.

But like everything else – that takes practice.

And no disrespect to the profession Neo – but I also remember the scene in Crocodile Dundee at the party where he is being explained to about therapy and he says, “back home we just talk to our mates (friends).” Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we had friends (or even just one) who you could say anything to without fear of being judged and would give you honest answers?

]]> By: nyomythus http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98862 nyomythus Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:18:03 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98862 I'm glad my therapeutic days are over ... but never say never I guess :D I’m glad my therapeutic days are over … but never say never I guess :D

]]> By: br549 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98851 br549 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:08:37 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98851 As colagirl has touched on, I too have someone who was at one time very close to me who is borderline and bi-polar. A toxic mix for her, my kids, me. As things exploded, it proved dangerous for my kids and I to be around. Sad, really. What threw me for a loop was the medical and legal aspects of what occurred after diagnosis of the illness by the "pros" and damage done to my family. My ex is very ill, explaining her behavior. I can't for the life of me figure out what the courts, police, and "brain doctors" excuse is. As colagirl has touched on, I too have someone who was at one time very close to me who is borderline and bi-polar. A toxic mix for her, my kids, me. As things exploded, it proved dangerous for my kids and I to be around. Sad, really.

What threw me for a loop was the medical and legal aspects of what occurred after diagnosis of the illness by the “pros” and damage done to my family.

My ex is very ill, explaining her behavior. I can’t for the life of me figure out what the courts, police, and “brain doctors” excuse is.

]]> By: Perfected democrat http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98837 Perfected democrat Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:49:07 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98837 Make that: Narcissism, elation, greed, frustration, anger, fear, despondent resignation... Make that:

Narcissism, elation, greed, frustration, anger, fear, despondent resignation…

]]> By: Perfected democrat http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98836 Perfected democrat Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:13:06 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98836 "We still don’t know a lot about human motivation and the unconscious, but a lot of progress has been made." Narcissism, elation, greed, frustration, fear, despondent resignation... “We still don’t know a lot about human motivation and the unconscious, but a lot of progress has been made.”

Narcissism, elation, greed, frustration, fear, despondent resignation…

]]> By: FredHjr http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98835 FredHjr Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:51:27 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/12/good-marks-for-freud/#comment-98835 Freud did call attention to the FACT of the unconscious in human behavior and the repression of it. However, his interpretive narratives and archetypes have been surpassed. We still don't know a lot about human motivation and the unconscious, but a lot of progress has been made. Neo, I'm a big fan of Alice Miller, but even Miller's work is not definitive. Freud did call attention to the FACT of the unconscious in human behavior and the repression of it. However, his interpretive narratives and archetypes have been surpassed. We still don’t know a lot about human motivation and the unconscious, but a lot of progress has been made.

Neo, I’m a big fan of Alice Miller, but even Miller’s work is not definitive.

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