Metaphors · Children and siblings = vermin · Difficult to test or refute; `explains everything' · Birth = water · Neglects social nature of humans · Death = departure · Case study method · Nakedness = Clothes & uniforms Select sample; recall bias, influenced patients · Little proven success as therapy After Freud... Freud: positive aspects
anger, and the need to curl up in private and find the strength to shove the memories back into the deep dark hole they still lived in. It wasn't an excuse for lying or deflecting the blame onto me. I snatched my purse off the chair where I'd dropped it on the way in from dinner and I rushed out the front door into the foyer to the elevator. The car doors were closing with me inside when I saw him step into the living room through the open front door. His nakedness ensured he couldn't come after me, while the look in his eyes ensured I wouldn't stay. He'd donned his mask again, that striking implacable face that kept the world a safe distance away. Shaking, I leaned heavily against the brass handrail for support. I was torn between my concern for him, which urged me to stay, and my hard-won knowledge, which assured me that his coping strategy wasn't one I could live with. The road to recovery for me was paved with hard truths, not denials and lies
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