Sublimation. 1. Oral issues/fixation intellectualized into a profession 2. Depressive/Anaclitic needs+fears managed through countless "relationships" where subject has control (compromise) 3. Occupy role of person with ideal/complete knowledge, project/extrnlz. failure

Bad news: being good at social media is negatively correlated to having actual wisdom or anything worth saying. No, you and I are not the exception to that.

Because of transference, many patients would be very surprised and disturbed to learn that their therapist goes poo poo on the potty (hopefully) every day. However, a minority of patients are already very attuned to that reality, and think of it all the time. Pick your poison.

Great interview with a journalist who has written compassionately and thoughtfully on severe mental illness and the importance of both professionals and the lay public to understand how to be with anyone suffering in our society. In essence, this is what peer support aims for.

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The most clear subject position and diagnosis for every single one of us on this platform is Being a Ginormous Fucking Nerd, I say this all the time because it’s the Truth.

Psychoanalytic stand up comedy is sadly too niche so some of us must have day jobs as psychoanalytic psychotherapists, or whatever.

True story.