Well, yes and no.
I went through an anti shrink phase, so I tried a couple of non medical models:
Transactional analysis group therapy and Radix (Neo Reichian psychology) I received some relief from each while I attended.
I finally got seriously suicidal. Sought and accepted help from a shrink and a psychologist. Saw the shrink for 7 years. The psychologist for 8 years. The combination of a cocktail of psychotropics and therapy kept me alive and built a slightly stronger version of me. Still take the drugs though.
Not so far, no desire any more. I once listened to a science show about a monograph Freud wrote with a title like “What are we doing to our children?” Based on the large number of women he saw who claimed to have been sexually abused within their family. There was an uproar from his peers. So he went away and reworked it. What emerged was his theory of female hysteria. Long time ago, but I’ve never forgot the broadcast
I read Jung’s autobiography ‘Memories Dreams and reflections’; More lunacy; synchronicity ,racial archetypes and of course an account of his personal experiences with poltergeists.
Wilhelm Reich was a contemporary of Freud and Jung. His ideas made both of them seem utterly rational. I read his ideas in “The Orgone Theory Of Energy” ![]()
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I’m thinking of something I read over 40 years ago. The basic claim was that people willimprove when they receive intense scrutiny or therapy. That it is the attention which is important