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In Reply to: Kid on 'myConclusion' can smell brownies posted by reposter on March 24, 2005 at 23:36:00:
Is there an implicit question about this adolescent showing signs and symptoms of brain disease? Hard to tell. A Freudian analyst would say this is a classic example of infantile wish fulfillment, but I wouldn't advise going there unless you want to take a good hard look at the relationship between a frustrated desire for self-gratification (brownies, sex, what-have-you) and religious preoccupation (spirit helpers, self-sacrifice).
A trauma therapist might say Emer's preoccupation with 19 (count 'em) spirit helpers pasted on his bedroom wall is evidence of dissociative process, a mental state that is often observed in abuse survivors. From a trauma theory standpoint, all of this "out of the body" stuff (dissociation) that the Family gets into is a way of coping with distressing feelings, memories, internal conflict, and cognitive dissonance.
Do you suppose we could get Emer's address and send him a care package with some brownies? My guess is he'll will be out of the Family within three to five years. It might help to let him know that no one out here in the exer community hates him.
