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Bucky

(53,795 posts)
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 02:51 PM Dec 2018

I was reading Freud's theories on adults trapped in the anal retentive stage of development

You'll never guess who it kept on reminding me of.


The determination as to the definite sexual behavior does not occur until after puberty and is the result of a series of as yet not observable factors, some of which are of a constitutional, while some are of an accidental nature. Certainly some of these factors can turn out to be so enormous that by their character they influence the result. In general, however, the multiplicity of the determining factors is reflected by the manifoldness of the outcomes in the manifest sexual behavior of the person. In the inversion types it can be ascertained that they are altogether controlled by an archaic constitution and by primitive psychic mechanisms. The importance of the narcissistic object selection and the clinging to the erotic significance of the anal zone seem to be their most essential characteristics.


And...

Children utilizing the erogenous sensitiveness of the anal zone can be recognized by their holding back of fecal masses until through accumulation there result violent muscular contractions; the passage of these masses through the anus is apt to produce a marked irritation of the mucus membrane. Besides the pain this must produce also a sensation of pleasure. One of the surest premonitions of later eccentricity or nervousness is when an infant obstinately refuses to empty his bowel when placed on the chamber by the nurse and reserves this function at its own pleasure. It does not concern him that he will soil his bed; all he cares for is not to lose the subsidiary pleasure while defecating.


So when you say the wall is bullshit, remember that you're basically calling the president the United States a bull
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I was reading Freud's theories on adults trapped in the anal retentive stage of development (Original Post) Bucky Dec 2018 OP
Is that another way of saying he's an asshole? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #1
LOL, I do prefer to judge a man by his work Bucky Dec 2018 #2
LOL! Reading Freud for fun or business? nolabear Dec 2018 #3
My same question! Not everyone picks and choses this kind of reading material...nt SWBTATTReg Dec 2018 #5
Oh, I definitely went browsing to find parallels to the theory of anal retentive stage development Bucky Dec 2018 #6
I refer to it and a lot of what he does as... N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2018 #4

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
3. LOL! Reading Freud for fun or business?
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 03:00 PM
Dec 2018

I’m a retired psychoanalyst (two words you don’t hear together too often-we tend to fall over in the chair).

Bucky

(53,795 posts)
6. Oh, I definitely went browsing to find parallels to the theory of anal retentive stage development
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 11:07 PM
Dec 2018

We keep calling Trump the "toddler in chief" but I think there's more than just an insult there. He's a child getting off to the power of holding up the government and is obsessing about the wall to an unhealthy and counterproductive degree. He doesn't care that it damages the economy. He's a deeply neurotic fellow and I'm trying to understand how someone could wilfully do this much damage to his country and his own long term interests as a politician.

The answer seems to be that Mr. Trump isn't really inclined (and perhaps isn't even capable) of thinking in the long term. He wants what he wants when he wants it. An emotional toddler. Really, I think the Republicans need to ball up and impeach him out of the White House this week. He's seriously damaging the country directly now, in addition to screwing up our long time alliances and aiding expansion of Russian global power.

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