Of Abnormality Later, when I came to write Theaters of the Mind I was concerned with sorting out the different places in which the mind's 'I' plays out its hidden dramas, along with the accompanying scenarios, and characters, that make up the psychic repertory. I had also observed among patients who were neither neurotic, nor psychotic, nor sexuallyĭeviant, another elusive manifestation that I called 'pseudo-normality' this led to the publication in 1978 oi Plea for a Measure Even then I became aware that the creation of inner 'theater scripts,' which, though written in early childhood, have a lasting effect on the adult mind, extended also to neurotic and to psychosomatic manifestations. In choosing the theater as a metaphor for psychic reality, I was perhaps following the steps of Anna O who, at the turn of the century, referred to her free associations during her therapy with Breuer (Breuer and Freud, 1893-1895), as her 'private theater.' My first challenge was an attempt at understanding the underlying meaning of the complex psychic scenarios that give rise to sexual deviations (McDougall, 1964). Theaters of the Body' as a title? While writing Theaters of the Mind (McDougall, 1982a), I slowly became aware, as so often happens when one is writing, that a further *ĭeveloping out of the one in which I was involved. Rhe Psychosoma and the Psychoanalytic Voyage Introduction: The Psychosoma and the Psychoanalytic

My husband Sidney Stewart, without whose constant caring, criticisms, and encouragement this book might not have To 101 10 & Company Ltd., 37 Great Russell Street, London WCIB 3NU & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. Theaters of the body a psychoanalytic approach to psychosomatic - 1st ed. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lebovici) A Plea for a Measure of Abnormality Theaters of the MindīODY A PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH TO PSYCHOSOMATIC ILLNESS 'A Norton professional book.' Includes bibliographical references Cp« 173-177) and index.

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