... The book also delves into determining success in the therapeutic environment. How to measure (scientifically?), and not only success for the (hate the word) analysand.

28. Neither do I, which is why I've grown curious. I'm tired of all the guessing about personality disorders and recent psychology and wanted to go back. Getting tedious, to me.

True psychoanalysis has been considered a joke for a long time in the scholarly world, I gather. As have his theories about sex. But reading the book, I did consider this:

Woody Allen, probably in psychoanalysis four times a weeks for decades, and maybe ongoing to some degree.

Made all those movies revealing his proclivities.

And still married his just-18-y.o. stepdaughter.

Sigmund, you got some 'splainin' to do.

Well, as overfed psychotic toddlers go, at least Trump has company.

I wonder how many people Kim's sister had terminated before breakfast this morning.

The book I'm working on discusses how Freud avoided "empathy" because he associated with telepathy and occult phenomenon.

The post-Freudians in the book I'm working on are thus trying to deal with what empathy actually meant for psychoanalysis in the early 20th century. Also wraps into transference and countertransference.

One fascinating part: empathy can and should be understood purely as acknowledgment of the other and realizing that they are human too. Empathy is thus value neutral, some say.

As such, terror displays empathy, because the terrorist understands the effect the action will have on the mind and soul of the other.

Hence, in this view, the Nazis would be considered empathic.

Oh, hell. For the lazy. This guy is an unhinged as [fill in your favorite Retorter here].

"CHEHHHCK!!! MONSTERVONPROFITO,[Disc golf company], YOUR MOVE AGIN AND YOU KNOW THERE'S ONLY ONE MOVE LEFT. The Game is Over. You lost. You can resign respectfully, like any wise and respectable ChessPlayer would do... Or at 6am tomorrow, we press the RED BUTTON. The Griffin is Metaphorically going to KILL EVERYONE IN YOUR KINGDOM. If there are any buildings left or survivors, hanging on to dear life, they will be methodically EXTERMINATED/DESTROYED for fun and surety, with a sick pleasure that NO HUMAN BEING would be ok with. Revenge is a dish best served cold, but Griffin's don't cook, THEY FRY S--- UP LIKE CATFISH AND CHICKEN, its Finger-Lickin good for their species!

And there's more.

Philly fans booed Santa Claus. This is better.

New Yorkers know Trump more than anyone. Even the ones who can afford the NBA finals seats. Maybe especially them.

I've said this before. I'm a native New Yorker. My father's favorite Democrat was George Wallace, and my (2nd) stepmother was in commercial real estate in Manhattan in the 1980s. She was tough as hell.

My father was also an intense big-money gambler, so spent more than a bit of time losing money in Atlantic City, with the expected results.

My dad died in 2015. Hated Democrats, hated especially the Clintons, but 2015 comes around and his tune is a little different. I suspect both my father and stepmother had interactions with or had gotten close enough to Trump during their life.

DBT2's dad: "I would vote for Hillary over Trump. No questions asked. In a minute."

19. Thanks.

214.

Like wine or cigars, only better with age.

Plonking's best use isn't avoiding morons or people you don't agree with. it's for making this place readable.

57. Promise?

15. I'll accept that.

People will be less up in arms over bodies being taken by men in Tyvek suits for incineration or mass burial.

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I can't locate the YouTube clip from the original Repo Man for the Tyvek suits, but maybe they'll have "Protected by Donald" emblazoned on them.

Sentinel: Have you seen a lot discussed in the popular prints about an atrophied superego?

Me neither.

"relying on the ego defense mechanisms of projection and denial to maintain a state of primary narcissism." Why is that important?

"Primary Narcissism: Freud defined this as the normal, self-absorbed state of infancy."

Or let's take this tack: so much has been said about Trump and AI and BillJ and OneLumperToo, perhaps we should just shut the whole damn thing down?

What keeps you coming back? Waiting for swastika threads? We don't need you for that information either.

AI, probably like Wikipedia in early days in many ways.

Stick with well-researched topics. Have a brain yourself.

Not bad advice here. And be curious to learn something, instead of rush to judgment.

10. I got what I was looking for. Freud unfiltered through modern psychology.

I have learned enough about AI and know enough about the topics not to get vague, bottom of the barrel results from queries.

And not to reprint what looks like garbage.

Would you like to discuss Freud?

7. You missed the point. I'm not talking about what modern-day psychologists and the APA say.

Did AI say anything about personality disorders? I didn't ask that, for a reason.

Maybe you should talk to Sentinel.

Sorry for any confusion. The lead was AI,too. Thought that was obvious.

Ah can't raght that gud.

3. Just continued from earlier content.

Or was that a come-on?

More AI:

The Unfiltered Id: The id operates on the "pleasure principle", demanding immediate gratification, driven by primal desires for power, wealth, and praise. Freud would have seen Trump's public persona as pure, unfiltered id"speaking his mind without a filter, acting on impulse, and constantly seeking public adoration to satiate an insatiable ego.

An Atrophied Superego: The superego represents the conscience, morality, and internalized societal rules. Freud would note that Trump exhibits a striking lack of guilt, remorse, or adherence to institutional norms, suggesting a weakened or highly underdeveloped superego.

Ego Defense Mechanisms: When the id's desires clash with reality, the ego deploys defense mechanisms to protect the psyche. Freud would diagnose Trump's reliance on projection (accusing rivals of one's own perceived flaws) and denial (refusing to accept uncomfortable facts) as classic tactics used to ward off shame.

Primary Narcissism: Freud defined this as the normal, self-absorbed state of infancy. He would argue that Trump's inability to empathize, his focus on personal loyalty, and his need for external validation are signs of an arrested psychic development where the world is viewed strictly as an extension of the self.

Freud would not have viewed this as a disease to be cured, but as the raw architecture of Trump's personality, driven by unconscious mechanisms established in early childhood.

Agencies? There's not permanent leadership anywhere in the executive branch.

38. He said pedophilia, not patriarchy.

Although Gandhi didn't help matters on his end by proving his chastity by filling his bed with teenage girls.

"I'm gonna make the Rosicrucians scream."

AI: This line is a famous piece of Allen Ginsberg lore, specifically from his soundtrack commentary in Jonas Mekas' 1962 experimental film Guns of the Trees.

The full quote, delivered in Ginsberg's characteristic rhythmic, ecstatic tone, is: "I'm gonna make the Rosicrucians scream."

The quote stems from the Beat Generation's deep, playful fascination with mysticism, secret societies, and the occult--which they viewed as radical alternatives to the buttoned-down, mainstream, conformist culture of the 1950s. By threatening to make the Rosicrucians (a legendary esoteric brotherhood) "scream," Ginsberg was tapping into the Beat goal of shaking up entrenched, traditional systems of thought through raw, unfiltered creative energy.

I can tell Mike Lee exactly what he wants to know. The Book of Mormon adds to the New Testament. No can do.

I just finished a book deep into the UU world.

Independently, they have legitimate religious traditions dating way back.

Now as a combined denomination, they seem more into alleviating their white guilt and giving liberal arts lectures in lieu of homilies.

That opinion also comes from personal attendance at some services out of curiosity.

Nice people, though.

Nooooo . . . Not the Rosicrucians . . .