tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post7958120142449129075..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Wish Fulfillment or Bad HabitsStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-2941677938645674582020-07-24T11:09:55.935-07:002020-07-24T11:09:55.935-07:00The man might have unconscious hostility due to hi...The man might have unconscious hostility due to his infantile trauma. That can be of slight interest just as a mystery novel is interesting. But he isn't going to turn off the light after learning this. If he's passive-aggressive there are already a hundred things he's doing besides leaving a light on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-75068480265536638102020-07-24T08:32:29.818-07:002020-07-24T08:32:29.818-07:00I was a bachelor for many years. I left the seat ...I was a bachelor for many years. I left the seat up. Then, I got married...and the wife complained about that. Solution: seat and lid down. She lifts the lid, I lift seat and lid. Oh, those many years ago...Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-9056752422908663762020-07-24T08:31:23.871-07:002020-07-24T08:31:23.871-07:00Psycho therapeutic theories, materialistic ones at...Psycho therapeutic theories, materialistic ones at least, tend to be based on the latest gee-whiz technology available. This is because the human brain is the most complex object in the known universe.<br /><br />"according to Freud and a bevy of other therapists, the man who is not turning the lights out is enacting some hostile feelings toward his wife. These feelings might be a replay of feelings he had toward his mother, his aunt, or his sister..."<br /><br />This is perfect logic if your psycho theory is based on the thermodynamics of steam power, the most advanced technology at the junction of the 19th and 20th centuries. Vast, hidden pressures (that cannot be bottled up without disaster, but can be safely shunted) driving visible processes, the productive output controlled with a governor (the superego). <br /><br />In the behaviorists' day, it was unit record machines, the mighty electrical behemoths that counted the census, powered the IRS, and flashed through the transactions of Sears and Roebuck, outputs modifiable by rewiring. These days, it's Von Neumann computers (of course), software, and "AI", outputs modifiable by software patches and reprogramming. If there's ever a quantum computer, you can bet your a** the psycho theorists will jump right on it.trigger warningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-54855299138058920162020-07-24T07:05:02.855-07:002020-07-24T07:05:02.855-07:00Ah, now it is clear to me! I leave all the lights ...Ah, now it is clear to me! I leave all the lights on from repressed anger toward my father who was needlessly stingy with electricity. I thought it was because we were poor, but that is just ornamentation. This is my subconscious way to get back at pops, and I keep the lights on because I am afraid of the darkness, which represents my subconscious longing to masturbate in the sink with a baseball glove on. What does the vacuum cleaner represent? While naked? Not the upright type, but the old-style Kirby with the tank and all the hoses and attachments.<br /><br />Psycho therapy culture offers insights that only trust fund income and the death of God can buy.Giordano Brunonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-18534639226379290652020-07-24T06:03:24.737-07:002020-07-24T06:03:24.737-07:00Some therapists would then want to weave the new s...<i>Some therapists would then want to weave the new story into some pagan myth or legend. </i><br />The 21st century is a pretty sad place when a descendant of King Arthur or William Wallace or Genghis Khan is left to find a victory in leaving a bathroom light on. :-) OTOH, it's better than voting for Hillary.<br /> <br /><i> It suggests that even a wish to commit suicide can be rejected if the means are not readily available. </i><br />It is too much work to find a different method from jumping? That's insensitive I know, but the point is this: this person is saying, " Deep down, I really didn't want to do this. "urbane legendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699110758399432397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-65144986713882386402020-07-24T05:25:52.224-07:002020-07-24T05:25:52.224-07:00This is a typical power struggle between the two. ...This is a typical power struggle between the two. She tells him what to do over and over, and he simply does not want to be commanded around. She is a nag. Wives would have all the power in their hands to create a calm and peaceful home - they all too often simply do not know how. It would be so easy.Mariannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00419900948560830285noreply@blogger.com