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Feb 20, 2025
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Diary of a PsychoanalysisIn this introspective essay series, the author candidly explores her experience of analysis and the many reflections it engenders.
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: Seduction18 —What makes something seductive is neither its presence nor its absence but its disappearance.
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: Burning Questions17—Schizoids aren’t passive nonparticipants in this world; we just walk the edges.
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: More Than a Feeling16—Thinking of those I loved being alone when they needed help was devastating.
Feb 12
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Feb 12
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: You Knew We Would Talk About Penis Envy15—My husband owes me a girlfriend because he stole mine.
Feb 10
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Feb 10
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: For Love of Water14— There’s a seductive intoxication that seeps into your mind the farther down you go.
Feb 3
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: The Problem With Hands13 — Abusive and restrained hands are constant themes in my stories.
Jan 25
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Jan 25
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: Spock vs. McCoy12 —Ambivalence toward authority shapes my relationships and my fantasies.
Jan 20
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Jan 20
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: Lesbians Always Hike (And Other Stereotypes That Are Also True)11 — Do you know how hard it is to find a lesbian who wants something casual?
Jan 13
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Jan 13
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: What We Inherit10 —Far more than a man, a woman often sacrifices her soul for survival.
Jan 6
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Jan 6
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: All My Brother’s Friends9 —What moment in that emotional desert of sexual theft told them I enjoyed any of it?
Dec 30, 2024
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Dec 30, 2024
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: Done With Me8—Only one thing ever kept anyone’s attention.
Dec 23, 2024
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Dec 23, 2024
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: Après-coup7—If you are not coming to put into question everything you do, I don’t see why you’re here.
Dec 16, 2024
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Dec 16, 2024
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: Futility’s Shadow6—The time and effort my twin sister gave to life, I gave to art.
Dec 9, 2024
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Dec 9, 2024
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: Spaghetti5—Why can’t my sex dreams be like other people’s?
Dec 2, 2024
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Dec 2, 2024
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: The One I Ache For4 — David says we forget some things as purposefully as we remember others.
Nov 25, 2024
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Nov 25, 2024
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: Is This a Game?3 — The less I know about my therapist, the safer I feel.
Nov 18, 2024
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Nov 18, 2024
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: Love is Terrible2— I’m trying to fall in love with my therapist.
Nov 11, 2024
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Nov 11, 2024
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Diary of a Psychoanalysis: Sandpaper Man1 — Discovering the unconscious in real-time.
Nov 4, 2024
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Nov 4, 2024
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