"After all, each of us chooses a love object that can be traced back to our first love." —Paul Verhaeghe

"The ultimate lesson of #psychoanalysis is that human life is never ‘just life’: humans are not simply alive, they are possessed by the strange drive to enjoy life in excess, passionately attached to a surplus which sticks out and derails the ordinary run of things." Slavoj Zizek

"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to taking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young." Sigmund Freud

First day back on Twitter/X, and a hit tweet! I knew you were all missing my Freud posts... Your regular deep dive into the subversive world of psychoanalysis and Freud is back!

With Dr Ana M aka Ana, back on Twitter, I thought I would share this text on Freud and Schelling! Welcome back to my Favorite Freud Influencer! We all missed you!

"Are you sure That we are awake? It seems to me That yet we sleep, we dream" William Shakespeare, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' #dreams #psychoanalysis #Shakespeare

Freud circa 1897:

J.R.R. Tolkien writing about loss

So sad to hear that American psychoanalyst and philosopher, Jonathan Lear, has passed away. I just loved his writing and serious engagement with psychoanalysis and its intersection with philosophy. His 'Freud' book is a must read. RIP.

Sigmund Freud and his beautiful writing: "Every psychoanalytic treatment is an attempt at liberating repressed love which has found a meagre outlet in the compromise of a symptom."

Read Freud for the love of god