I should not get off the hook completely with all of this: S. Freud felt very strongly, for example, that paranoid schizophrenia involved defensive mechanisms (identification and projection in primitive forms) and wove a complex tapestry concerning paranoia, homosexuality, and jealousy around the theme of male homosexuality. Shifting the topic a bit for illustrative purposes, S. Freud held that manic episodes in what we now call Bipolar Disorder, were “defensive against depression” (paraphrased).

S. Freud, and his daughter Anna, were obviously of tremendous influence in psychoanalytic theory and practice. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortuitously (only time will tell), this type of practice has been greatly restricted by health insurance companies. Gone (at least for now and in the foreseeable future) are the halcyon days of adequate psychiatric treatment. Medicare and Medicaid have imposed so many restrictions on the practice of psychology and psychiatry, that it is ridiculous.

The phrase I’ve been lingering over is “developing the blighted germs of heterosexual tendencies”. Wouldn’t it be fun to see an ex-gay group with that tagline on their stationery?

Hope Donnie Davies doesn’t use it for C.H.O.P.s. (BTW: You notice they don’t use the “S” for anything?)