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The Analyst's Psyche Operates As A Kind Of... Something To Hold On To While Somebody's Going Through Therapy, If They're Deconstructing Their Own Psyche, If That's Cracking Up In Some Way, Or Dissolving.

Emotional Literacy Means Being Able To Recognise What You Are Feeling, So That It Doesn't Interfere With Thinking. It Becomes Another Dimension To Draw Upon When Making Decisions Or Encountering Situations. Emotional Expression By Contrast Can Mean Being Driven By Emotions, So That It Isn't Possible To Think. These Two Things Are Often Confused, Because We Are Still Uncomfortable With The Idea Of The Validity Of Feelings.

Mothers Unconsciously Allow More Latitude To Sons, And Open Encouragement, And With Daughters They Treat Them As They Would Treat Themselves.

There Are So Many Young Women Who Tip Over Into Being A Facsimile: They Don't Really Inhabit Their Lives Or Their Bodies.

Fat Is A Social Disease, And Fat Is A Feminist Issue.