Guest guest Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Wasn't he a heterophobic pervert?? ---- Bill Kingsbury 07/01/07 11:54:40 Who was Sigmund Freud? --- excerpt from: Freud, Fraud and Sexual Healthhttp://www.reuniting.info/science/freud_fraud_sexhttp://www.reuniting.info/[...snip...] -- ( see below )Who was Sigmund Freud?So who was this giant whose insights have indirectly played a major role in our resistance to exploring the benefits of controlling our sexual desire, and how did he reach his conclusions? In investigating this question I learned that Freud supported his conclusions with only six full case studies. Some of the patients were not even his. Since Freud’s lifetime scholars have dug up letters and contemporaneous case notes that demonstrate Freud did not, in fact, produce dramatic cures. In 1998 professor Frederick C. Crews published a series of essays by experts, called Unauthorized Freud: Doubters Confront a Legend. 2 Was the father of psychoanalysis a fraud? … The myth: Sigmund Freud was the heroic investigator who …[freed] a culture from its dependence on sexual denial. The reality: Professor Crews argues that Freud devised a self-validating method of inquiry, deluded himself about his patients' illnesses, and failed to cure them. He founded a doctrinaire movement that has excommunicated dissenters while trying to evade empirical scrutiny.As one reader said: The essays show Freud as a fabricator of his patients' confessions, a liar, a cheat, a ruthless censor, a myth creator (about himself), a paranoiac, an icy remorseless opportunist, a jealous and imperious character full of a priori's, a megalomaniac, an impostor, a tyrant and a misogynist ('the self-evident superiority of male to female sex organs'; 'civilisation was a male creation.') He projected his own obsessions on his patients and on his analytical writings ... He could himself not show one single validated psychoanalytical cure! More, he was even not interested in cures: 'I prefer a student ten times more than a neurotic.'Here’s a tongue-in-cheek account of one the six famous Freudian case studies. 3 'Dora' was a depressed and "hysterical" seventeen-year-old (not eighteen, as Freud claimed) who reluctantly came to Sigmund because of problems involving friends of the family, Mr. and Mrs. K. Dora was upset because (1) Mr. K. obviously wanted a piece of her and had even made passes at her when she was thirteen and sixteen, and (2) she rightly believed that her father and Mrs. K. were getting it on. The good doctor immediately sussed what was really happening: Not only was Dora in love with Mr. K., she also wanted to give her father a blowjob and hop into the sack with Mrs. K. Not surprisingly, Dora thought this was a load of crap and abruptly quit seeing Freud after eleven weeks. She was still a mess when she died.Although an impressed reviewer of Crews' book declared the Freudian Revolution dead, that revolution is still reverberating throughout the educations of today’s sexologists. The Freudian (addictive) cycleIt is worth noting that Freud’s own reward circuitry (in the brain) was apparently out of balance. He used cocaine for years, and publicly touted its supposed benefits, even claiming that it could cure addiction to morphine. He was fatally addicted to tobacco. He smoked 20 cigars a day, and did not quit even when he was diagnosed with cancer of the jaw. He was operated upon more than two dozen times before the disease finally killed him. Even when his entire jaw had been replaced, he continued to smoke all day, every day.Following a rare period of abstinence from tobacco, engaged in at the insistence of his physician, he wrote: 4 "I have not smoked for seven weeks since the day of your injunction. At first I felt, as expected, outrageously bad. Cardiac symptoms accompanied by mild depression, as well as the horrible misery of abstinence. These wore off but left me completely incapable of working, a beaten man. After seven weeks I began smoking again... Since the first few cigars, I was able to work and was the master of my mood; before that life was unbearable."In short, we are still governing our sex lives based on the advice of an addict. This is significant, since sex is governed by the same reward circuitry as all addictions. It seems likely that many of Freud's sexual "insights" were unwittingly based on addict-think. Clearly, if the best answer lies in moderation and inner equilibrium, Freud could not have found it. For him, the way to treat the discomfort of withdrawal was indulgence, however deadly.Those of us who have grown up steeped in Freud's influence find it hard to conceive of a world where children and adults are taught the benefits of a middle path. Yet the pendulum may one day swing in the direction of an approach to sex that calls for no sexual repression based on threats of hell, but instead advises making love regularly - with a clear understanding of the benefits of self-control. Just think how good it will feel when we stop beating our heads against the Freudian wall.------- .. 2. by Frederick C. Crews, Viking Press, 1998 http://www.amazon.com/Unauthorized-Freud-Doubters-Confront-Legend/dp/0140280170 . 3. 50 Things You’re Not Supposed to Know by Russ Kick, The Disinformation Company Ltd, 2004, p. 51 http://www.amazon.com/Things-Youre-Not-Supposed-Know/dp/0971394288 . 4. See this account of Freud's battle with cancer. http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/people/famous_historical_people.htm . ---------- below, from the same page:http://www.reuniting.info/science/freud_fraud_sexFree Sacred Sex Classics hereThe Karezza Method by J. William Lloyd, MD (1931)Male Continence by John Humphrey Noyes (1872)Karezza: Ethics of Marriage by Alice Bunker Stockham, MD (1903)Sex Perfection and Marital Happiness by Rudolf von Urban, MD (1949)http://www.reuniting.info/--- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 What would we have if we discarded every bit of good contributed to society by flawed people? According to Freud's story as written by Irving Stone, Dr. Freud came up with his conclusions by no means voluntarily. He found what he found, to his disappointment! Dr. Bill Kotheimer , " HAH " <GaiaHemp wrote: > > Wasn't he a heterophobic pervert?? > > ---- > > Bill Kingsbury > 07/01/07 11:54:40 > > Who was Sigmund Freud? > > > --- excerpt from: > Freud, Fraud and Sexual Health > http://www.reuniting.info/science/freud_fraud_sex > http://www.reuniting.info/ > > [...snip...] -- ( see below ) > > > Who was Sigmund Freud? > > So who was this giant whose insights have indirectly played a major role in > our resistance to exploring the benefits of controlling our sexual desire, > and how did he reach his conclusions? > > In investigating this question I learned that Freud supported his > conclusions with only six full case studies. Some of the patients were not > even his. > > Since Freud's lifetime scholars have dug up letters and contemporaneous case > notes that demonstrate Freud did not, in fact, produce dramatic cures. In > 1998 professor Frederick C. Crews published a series of essays by experts, > called Unauthorized Freud: Doubters Confront a Legend. 2 > Was the father of psychoanalysis a fraud? … The myth: Sigmund Freud was the > heroic investigator who …[freed] a culture from its dependence on sexual > denial. The reality: Professor Crews argues that Freud devised a > self-validating method of inquiry, deluded himself about his patients' > illnesses, and failed to cure them. He founded a doctrinaire movement that > has excommunicated dissenters while trying to evade empirical scrutiny. > > > As one reader said: > The essays show Freud as a fabricator of his patients' confessions, a liar, > a cheat, a ruthless censor, a myth creator (about himself), a paranoiac, an > icy remorseless opportunist, a jealous and imperious character full of a > priori's, a megalomaniac, an impostor, a tyrant and a misogynist ('the > self-evident superiority of male to female sex organs'; 'civilisation was a > male creation.') > He projected his own obsessions on his patients and on his analytical > writings ... He could himself not show one single validated psychoanalytical > cure! More, he was even not interested in cures: 'I prefer a student ten > times more than a neurotic.' > > > Here's a tongue-in-cheek account of one the six famous Freudian case studies > 3 > 'Dora' was a depressed and " hysterical " seventeen-year-old (not eighteen, as > Freud claimed) who reluctantly came to Sigmund because of problems involving > friends of the family, Mr. and Mrs. K. > > > Dora was upset because (1) Mr. K. obviously wanted a piece of her and had > even made passes at her when she was thirteen and sixteen, and (2) she > rightly believed that her father and Mrs. K. were getting it on. The good > doctor immediately sussed what was really happening: Not only was Dora in > love with Mr. K., she also wanted to give her father a blowjob and hop into > the sack with Mrs. K. > Not surprisingly, Dora thought this was a load of crap and abruptly quit > seeing Freud after eleven weeks. She was still a mess when she died. > > > Although an impressed reviewer of Crews' book declared the Freudian > Revolution dead, that revolution is still reverberating throughout the > educations of today's sexologists. > > > The Freudian (addictive) cycle > > It is worth noting that Freud's own reward circuitry (in the brain) was > apparently out of balance. He used cocaine for years, and publicly touted > its supposed benefits, even claiming that it could cure addiction to > morphine. > > He was fatally addicted to tobacco. He smoked 20 cigars a day, and did not > quit even when he was diagnosed with cancer of the jaw. He was operated > upon more than two dozen times before the disease finally killed him. Even > when his entire jaw had been replaced, he continued to smoke all day, every > day. > > Following a rare period of abstinence from tobacco, engaged in at the > insistence of his physician, he wrote: 4 > " I have not smoked for seven weeks since the day of your injunction. At > first I felt, as expected, outrageously bad. Cardiac symptoms accompanied by > mild depression, as well as the horrible misery of abstinence. These wore > off but left me completely incapable of working, a beaten man. After seven > weeks I began smoking again... Since the first few cigars, I was able to > work and was the master of my mood; before that life was unbearable. " > > > In short, we are still governing our sex lives based on the advice of an > addict. This is significant, since sex is governed by the same reward > circuitry as all addictions. It seems likely that many of Freud's sexual > insights " were unwittingly based on addict-think. Clearly, if the best > answer lies in moderation and inner equilibrium, Freud could not have found > it. For him, the way to treat the discomfort of withdrawal was indulgence, > however deadly. > > Those of us who have grown up steeped in Freud's influence find it hard to > conceive of a world where children and adults are taught the benefits of a > middle path. Yet the pendulum may one day swing in the direction of an > approach to sex that calls for no sexual repression based on threats of hell > but instead advises making love regularly - with a clear understanding of > the benefits of self-control. > > Just think how good it will feel when we stop beating our heads against the > Freudian wall. > > ------- > > > . > 2. by Frederick C. Crews, Viking Press, 1998 > http://www.amazon > com/Unauthorized-Freud-Doubters-Confront-Legend/dp/0140280170 > . > 3. 50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know by Russ Kick, The Disinformation > Company Ltd, 2004, p. 51 > http://www.amazon.com/Things-Youre-Not-Supposed- Know/dp/0971394288 > . > 4. See this account of Freud's battle with cancer. > http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/people/famous_historical_people > htm > . > > ------- > > --- below, from the same page: > http://www.reuniting.info/science/freud_fraud_sex > > > Free Sacred Sex Classics here > > The Karezza Method by J. William Lloyd, MD (1931) > > Male Continence by John Humphrey Noyes (1872) > > Karezza: Ethics of Marriage by Alice Bunker Stockham, MD (1903) > > Sex Perfection and Marital Happiness by Rudolf von Urban, MD (1949) > > > > http://www.reuniting.info/ > > --- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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