In his early work, when Sigmund Freud still favored the “seduction theory” of neuroses, which was based in suppressed and/or repressed childhood experiences of sexual trauma, Freud often credited Pierre Janet for creating ideas such as dissociation and the subconscious. Freud soon dropped his seduction theory model in favor of an unconscious drives theory (wish … Read more
I posted a briefer version of this on my Facebook page yesterday, but I wanted to add some more depth to it here. This is part of my preparation for a talk I will be giving to Tucson Police Department (TPD) detectives to help them better understand the experience of sexual trauma survivors. One of … Read more
This is an interesting post on the nature of consciousness and dissociation in psychosis. Mental Experience and Dissociation in Psychosis By Ann Reitan, PsyD | Brain BloggerDecember 1, 2013 The experience of our minds may be shaped by belief. The idea that our minds are whatever we imagine them to be may seem like an … Read more