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

    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!

    I swear, I cannot go out with a man who is not certifiably insane.
  • 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

    A philosophically inclined psychoanalyst's daring final work explains that the ecstasy of romantic love doesn't fade away over time -- we kill it.
  • 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.
  • 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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