The lunatic asylum is our hidden side

Irving 2022-04-22 07:01:12

Unrecognized energies, such as thoughts about lies, ugliness, killing, and incest, are actually shared by everyone. Because they are not allowed, they are closed by us and become dead energies, but it does not mean that they are dead, they are always there. There, and always trying to be seen and trying to prove themselves (discharged as a metaphor in the film), normal people just don't express or suppress dead energy in order to be socially acceptable, while truly mentally healthy people use these two forces ( The energy of life and the energy of death) are controlled and balanced. So each of us has these girls in our hearts, but we have to learn to control them and not be swallowed by the darkness.

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  • Lisa: So, have you had your first Melvin yet?

    Susanna: Who's that?

    Lisa: Bald guy with a little pecker and a fat wife. You're ther-rapist, sweet pea. Unless, ah... unless they're givin' you shocks. Or, God forbid lettin' you out. Then you get to see the great wonderful Dr. Dyke.

    Margie: She means Dr. Wick.

    Susanna: Oh, I've been in his office but I haven't met him yet.

    M.G.: He's a she. Dr. Wick's a girl.

    Lisa: That's right, M.G. Wick's a chick.

    M.G.: Wick's a chick.

    Lisa: Hence the nickname.

  • Georgina: Lisa, is Daisy really getting out?

    Lisa: Yeah, she coughed up a big one.

    Susanna: But how could - I mean she's... *insane*.

    Lisa: Yeah, well that's what ther-rape-me's all about. That's why fuckin' Freud's picture's on every shrink's wall. He created a fuckin' industry. You lie down, you confess your secrets and you're saved. Ca-ching! The more you confess, the more they think about settin' you free.

    Susanna: But what if you don't have a secret?

    Lisa: Then you're a lifer, like me.