Posted by backseatdriver on July 29, 2008, at 16:01:51
In reply to Re: Transference, posted by Hermitian on July 28, 2008, at 19:44:09
My understanding of psychopathologies like depression is that they actually damage the mechanisms by means of which one makes and keeps friendships, among other things. Adverse life events, not least childhood neglect or abuse, also damages these mechanisms.
There's a real biological substrate for these things.
Which is just to say that getting "out" may be a real stretch for a person who is struggling with this kind of impairment, even if it seems like the easiest thing in the world. I say this as a person who does struggle, btw.
And, FWIW, medication can really help. I'm on Zoloft, for anxiety and depression. It also helps with obsessionality, which can be one aspect of a really painful transference.
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