Posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on June 19, 2009, at 13:46:43
In reply to Re: Lacan, posted by nellie7 on June 18, 2009, at 3:44:43
Oh Nellie, I'm sorry this happened to you. Did you recover by meds, if you don't mind me asking?
What I mean is, in the literature, sometimes there is referred to a concept of a sort of transient psychosis happening for the duration of a therapy session, and brought on by uncovering buried things--it's not really psychosis, because there isn't a full loss of reality like you experienced. It's maybe more dissociation. But I think contemporary psychoanalysis uses the term "psychosis" in the same way other therapists do--as a break with reality, lasting for a period of time. What happened to you. I was just trying to understand.
I'm very sorry. May I ask how you are doing now?
> > Nellie, did you mean actually psychotic or psychoanlaysis-psychotic, which is often a whole different beast? I mean, did you *actually* lose all touch with reality for more than a few hours or few minutes?
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> I meant literally psychotic- believing I was being followed, given indirect messages through the newspapers and radio, etc. This went on for months.
> Btw, what is meant by "psychoanalytic-psychotic?
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