Posted by Andy123 on July 9, 2001, at 0:56:18
In reply to Re: The Path to Minimal Pathology » Andy123, posted by Marie1 on July 8, 2001, at 8:51:03
> My shrink recommended my reading "The Wisdom of the Ego" but I never tried it because I thought it would be too over my head. (Sometimes I think my shrink thinks I'm a lot smarter than I really am). So did you like it? How much psychology is requisite to understanding it?
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> MarieMarie,
The book is very long on narration, possibly because its a narrative :) Anyhow, he uses the life stories of some famous folks to demonstrate how their egos employed defenses against insults. Then he talks about whether or not its possible to purposefully plan ego defenses.
Very early on in the book, he rates the relative maturity of the ego defense mechanisms that he considers fundamental.
It seems like there is quite a bit of material to cover without much reward. Maybe you'll get more out of the book than I did (I got a fancy smartypantz book to go on my shelf!)
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