Neutrality and Empathy in Psychoanalysis

Grayce 2022-04-19 09:02:11

It's not the planet that derails our lives, it's ourselves, and about ourselves, maybe we don't know or face up to it as much as we think. Fear, disgust, sadness from past experiences... We will subconsciously avoid some memories, which allows us to get a moment of comfort, but no longer a complete self, once there is a strong stimulus about those hidden memories, some mistakes , Unreal content may substitute for real memories, resulting in life dislocation and spiritual collapse. Psychoanalysis can help us find ourselves and return to the right path.

"Dr. Edward" is a story about the elimination of criminal plots through psychoanalysis, in which the passage of parsing the process of dream restoration is very classic. The setting of making the therapist heroine fall in love with the object being treated (the male protagonist) is actually to explore the contradictory issue of "psychoanalytic attitude". The female protagonist's fiery affection for the male protagonist and her firm belief in the male protagonist's innocence have undoubtedly surpassed the professionalism of a psychoanalyst, but it is also the female protagonist's refusal to give up and trust that the truth is revealed.

How to understand the professional psychoanalytic attitude? Master Freud explained this on two levels: first, the analyst should learn from the surgeon, put his emotions aside and focus on the work; second, the therapist should use his own unconscious to listen to the patient's unconscious. As an outsider, I try to understand the master's elaboration, which is probably to seek empathy and understanding to the greatest extent possible while suspending all moral and value judgments.

Or perhaps, it is neutral, passive, and distant, yet empathetic, immersed, and involved, without losing a wise attitude towards life!

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Extended Reading
  • Arnold 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    In 1899, the last year of the 19th century, Hitchcock, a master of suspense, was born. In the same year, Freud of Belgium published "The Interpretation of Dreams", which had a profound impact on later generations. This book has provided a source of inspiration for a large number of psychoanalytic films such as "Mulholland Drive", and this film is the originator of such films, and the configuration is quite luxurious, directed by Hitchcock, Ingrid Borg Mann and Gregory Pike starred, and the surrealist painter Dali designed the dream segment himself, so the overall performance was quite good. It's just that the way of revealing the final ending is too metaphysical, which is also a common problem in most psychoanalytic works. Almost every Hitchcock work will try to pursue some visual effects and special photography methods, such as the final villain's accidentally leaked words and suicide scenes, which are also very worthy of appreciation.

  • Kareem 2022-04-24 07:01:14

    Hitchcock was considered a feature-length director at the time! After all, 90 minutes was standard at that time, and he netted 120. I think Gregory Peck's face is a gentleman's face, a good face, no matter what, the audience can't believe that he can do bad things, which probably limits his acting career. However, for the audience, I believe that there are indeed beautiful men with good hearts in the world, and they will be more comforted.

Spellbound quotes

  • [last lines]

    Dr. Alex Brulov: And remember what I say: any husband of Constance is a husband of mine, so to speak.

    John Ballantine: [laughing] Alright! Goodbye. Good luck!

    Dr. Alex Brulov: Goodbye!

  • Dr. Alex Brulov: You grant me I know more than you, but on the other hand, you know more than me. Women's talk. Bah!