psychoanalysis

My boyfriend danced dirty to make me jealous My boyfriend danced dirty to make me jealous
I asked him why he was doing the bump and grind with a woman, and he said he thought it would get him laid.
My sister triggers my rage My sister triggers my rage
I know we had a difficult childhood, and I'm over most of it, but when I see my sister I start to get a little crazy!
All my lovers are from the loony bin! All my lovers are from the loony bin!
I swear, I cannot go out with a man who is not certifiably insane.
My boyfriend freezes up when I talk about my depression My boyfriend freezes up when I talk about my depression
I can handle my psychological state, but I'm not sure I can handle the way his eyes glaze over.
Yes, I've had tarry bowel movements! So what? Yes, I've had tarry bowel movements! So what?
A new book says that bizarre personality tests like the Myers-Briggs, the MMPI and the Rorschach are overused, potentially damaging and an utter sham.
"Can Love Last?" by Stephen Mitchell "Can Love Last?" by Stephen Mitchell
A philosophically inclined psychoanalyst's daring final work explains that the ecstasy of romantic love doesn't fade away over time -- we kill it.
The shape of dreams
Freud called them the royal road to the unconscious. A hundred years later, the debate over what they mean goes on.
"The Fig Eater" by Jody Shields
A first-time novelist, recasting a Freudian case history as a psychosexual detective story, wonders what would have happened if "Dora" had been murdered.
The reeducation of a queer theorist
Battling cancer, a nice male psychoanalyst and her own sexual demons, the diva of queer theory learned a new way of living.
Cinema therapy
How some shrinks are using movies to help their clients cope with life and just feel better.
Geography of feeling
Will new scientific discoveries about our -----emotional life make Freud's unconscious obsolete?
The Beast in the Nursery
David Futrelle reviews 'The Beast in the Nursery' by Adam Phillips

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