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Dec 9th Discussion: Psychoanalytic Diagnosis by Nancy McWilliams
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This week's discussion will include the following chapters from Psychoanalytic Diagnosis:
December 9thÂ
- Chapter 11: Depressive and Manic Personalities (235-266)
- Chapter 12: Masochistic (Self-Defeating) Personalities (267-288)
Readings for next week:Â
December 16th
- Chapter 13: Obsessive and Compulsive Personalities (289 - 310)
- Chapter 14: Hysterical (Histrionic) Personalities (311 - 331)
Podcast episode on Spotify, Apple, or elsewhere (search sick lit girl)
Discussion Questions:
- Did reading about depressive, manic, or masochistic personalities change how you thought about them compared to how they are discussed in pop culture? Were you able to identify yourself or others in them?Â
- How much do you engage in the main defenses portrayed?
- How did you feel about how these personalities were portrayed, including the therapeutic responses to them?
Please feel free to ask your own questions as well in the comments!
There will also be a discussion of two Gogol short stories on Friday, check the sidebar for details.
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I think we all have a spectrum of the traits, and not everyone is so easily defined. From my clinical experience, most people do have a dominant type or are a mix of two types predominantly - though each individual is of course unique, and this can present in many different ways.