Posted by Cass on June 30, 2000, at 18:14:58
In reply to Re: Questions about Kosinski, posted by Oddzilla on June 30, 2000, at 9:13:58
> Psychology, especially in its therapeutic form, >has a treacherous function: namely, it convinces >people that their happiness – their sanity, >their personal fulfillment – is limited to their >social relations. It’s almost an act of >censorship.
I think that was a really interesting quote. I'm really happy to say that my pdoc has had patients other than myself who have been totally ostracized at mistreated for having the courage of their convictions, and he admires and supports those patients. One of his patients was a cop who stood up against corruption in the force. A serious source of oppression came for me during my childhood, especially my teen years. I was aware of the dangerous pathology in my family, spoke up about it and was rejected and abused for it, by my family and by the community (Alice Miller's "Thou Shalt Not be Aware" was a very validating book for me). My pdocs goal in therapy seems to be directing his patients toward finding truth and not necessarily encouraging them to be "part of the norm" or "most popular".
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>(Of course we should probably just ignore this >ecopsychologist Roszak guy-he sounds a LOT like >BBob to me. Another alias no doubt ;-)ROTFL!!!!
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