tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post1429652085503106166..comments2024-02-11T18:16:53.445-08:00Comments on Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: Prototypes and Sex: The HijackArthur Janovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16709863014923629409noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-56398350307381498952010-11-15T13:01:45.236-08:002010-11-15T13:01:45.236-08:00PRice:
I think rules can sometimes be broken beca...PRice:<br /><br />I think rules can sometimes be broken because, sometimes, it actually reads better. But well done on your eye for these things! <br /><br />On my own blog I still find old errors (of the type I'm not happy with) because it can be so hard to see your own mistakes, as your brain "reads" what it knows should be there rather than what is actually there.<br /><br />Personally though, I doubt that those errors you found will have an impact on Janov's 'authoritative' image.Andrew D Atkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492591375757227409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-30555376101282836942010-11-13T10:22:15.789-08:002010-11-13T10:22:15.789-08:00AJ: As a sample, here are items I find in Chapter ...AJ: As a sample, here are items I find in Chapter 3 of Primal Healing that a left-brain oriented editor would probably have changed. It is an important chapter, and I always tell the people whom I give the book to read Chapter 3 if nothing else.<br /><br />p.59 graphic: 'gaging' should be 'gagging'<br />p. 60 para. 2 sentence 1: 'bottom, rear' should be 'bottom rear'<br />p. 60 para. 3 sentence 6: 'experience is not stored as ideas' should be 'experiences are not stored as ideas'<br />p. 65 para. 2 sentence 3: 'fear and' should be 'fear, and'<br />p. 72 para. 3 sentence 2: 'anesthetia' should be 'anesthesia'<br />p. 72 para. 3 sentence 8: 'patients is' should be 'patient is'<br />p. 73 para. 3 sentence 10: 'fabriacted' should be 'fabricated'<br />p. 76 para. 4 sentence 7: 'something in lower levels of the brain are' should be 'something in lower levels of the brain is'<br />p. 79 para. 1 sentence 3: 'information from both inside and out are' should be 'information from both inside and out is'<br />p. 79 para. 2 sentence 7: 'it is all of a piece' should be something like 'it is all a piece of..'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-51223118553196420812010-11-12T06:26:31.184-08:002010-11-12T06:26:31.184-08:00Jack: I didn't re-read Primal Healing to find...Jack: I didn't re-read Primal Healing to find errors. I re-read it because I needed a Skype session, and it was going to be almost a month before I could get scheduled.<br /><br />AJ: This weekend I'll put together a sample from Chapter 3 and post it here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-25901697985571031262010-11-09T19:16:47.580-08:002010-11-09T19:16:47.580-08:00Price: There's seems something compulsive ab...Price: There's seems something compulsive about reading Arts work looking for errors, or being irritated by them. Many have critiqued me for my typos, spellings, syntax errors and punctuations (even on this blog). I admit to being very backwards on all these points (thank Godot for instant spell checks), but my critics (mostly very adept at the written word) haven't written a book. Is it really that important to be so, so precise with the written word. Is it not more important that the message is put forward? Eg. "know what I mean", "get my drift"<br /><br />Interestingly I received an email about a study that if most words just put in the right first and last letter, even though the rest are randomly jumbled that the text is readable and understandable. With the advent of text-ing and emails it seems a new written English (and perhaps spoken) is being developed, that for us brought up in the old tradition, will not be adept at. Great! what is so sacrosanct about language anyway? It's supposedly meant to convey meaning, but often fails as is evidenced in the last mid-term election here in the US. IMO is all about feelings and their expression in the end.Jack Waddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06427501529242639591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-27412207411097367872010-11-09T00:15:31.441-08:002010-11-09T00:15:31.441-08:00Price: I am surprised as we went over the mscpt m...Price: I am surprised as we went over the mscpt many times and corrected it all. Quote me a couple of the errors. thanks AJArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-57527659757447089962010-11-09T00:08:34.224-08:002010-11-09T00:08:34.224-08:00Rarely among males. About one out of four females....Rarely among males. About one out of four females. AJArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-4362796433824964872010-11-08T11:17:46.781-08:002010-11-08T11:17:46.781-08:00Art,
May I ask about what proportion of your pati...Art,<br /><br />May I ask about what proportion of your patients have been seriously sexually abused?Andrew D Atkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492591375757227409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-57047801945441400562010-11-07T05:07:24.930-08:002010-11-07T05:07:24.930-08:00Could I ask one thing before your next book is pub...Could I ask one thing before your next book is published? This would be for people who are not right-brain dominant to proofread and edit it.<br /><br />I did a sixth reading of Primal Healing slowly and methodically last month while waiting for my next Skype session. I couldn't help but notice again that there are 70-80 grammatical, spelling, and other errors in it that a left-brain dominant editor would have corrected.<br /><br />Its my bias to think that these errors will hamper acceptance of your work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-65070611687812884312010-11-05T06:28:11.863-07:002010-11-05T06:28:11.863-07:00Dr. Janov,
the latest research results should not...Dr. Janov,<br /><br />the latest research results should not get unnoticed:<br /><br />Sexually Abused Children at Risk for Adult Psychosis<br />By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor<br />Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on November 4, 2010 <br />A new report suggests children who are sexually abused may be at higher risk for developing schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.<br />The Austrian study found that a history of sexual abuse with penetration especially increased the risk. <br />Previous studies have established that abused children are more likely to develop depression, anxiety, substance abuse, borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behavior, according to background information in the article. <br />More at: <br />http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/11/04/sexually-abused-children-at-risk-for-adult-psychosis/20535.html<br />SieglindeS. W. Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12087227301358286386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-51191207443732730292010-11-05T02:10:39.151-07:002010-11-05T02:10:39.151-07:00Marco: I agree. The problem is that the publisher...Marco: I agree. The problem is that the publishers have a confidentially clause that prevents us from putting out the mscpt. I am considering it, however. AJArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-20227705478190864682010-11-04T09:40:55.028-07:002010-11-04T09:40:55.028-07:00Hi Dr Janov: I am not asking you to put your Beyon...Hi Dr Janov: I am not asking you to put your Beyond belief book on the Internet,that would not make sense commercially. I am just asking if I, personally, could buy a copy of the manuscript.If not, no problem, of course.<br /><br />I really do hope that book gets published eventually.Based on what I know of what you have written on the topic elsewhere,that book would probably really help a lot of concerned people understand why belief systems are usually so rigid and impermeable to argument, amongst other things.<br /><br />Marcomacor22https://www.blogger.com/profile/00652948318839690382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-19051722870263215672010-11-04T02:33:16.278-07:002010-11-04T02:33:16.278-07:00Marco: I have to think about it cause I have an ag...Marco: I have to think about it cause I have an agent who sells my books so I cannot just decide to put it on the internet. art janovArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-53074071494053928122010-11-04T02:31:29.923-07:002010-11-04T02:31:29.923-07:00You know Frank it is not a bad idea to do a roun...You know Frank it is not a bad idea to do a round table with us and staff. I will discuss it in a week or so with the staff. Thanks for the suggestion. AJArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-68340600817988119392010-11-03T14:06:01.546-07:002010-11-03T14:06:01.546-07:00Art,
Yes you've done enough… more than in off...Art,<br /><br />Yes you've done enough… more than in off… what I am saying is that we also are individuals who are in a need… need as parallelizes us from what we would and could do if we new …need we do not know the consequences of. We are in silence screaming out the pain… need that could go very wrong and are doing so without the help of primal therapy. This is why I beg you to give us all of your knowledge for as les as possible should go wrong… if not on your blog my by internet in a form of round table talk… done as safe as possible? Life passes too fast and without a sincere chance to live.<br /><br />FrankFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242354226308728116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-12739444335443121592010-11-03T09:57:28.895-07:002010-11-03T09:57:28.895-07:00Hi. Off topic:
Dr Janov, will your book-in-prepa...Hi. Off topic: <br /><br />Dr Janov, will your book-in-preparation "Beyond Belief" be published in the near future? If not, would someone like me be able to get a copy of the manuscript? If so, at what cost? As I have mentionned elsewhere,this aspect of your work, belief systems -as-defense, really fascinates me the most, and I would like to read as much as I can of what you wrote on the subject. Thank you.<br /><br />Marcomacor22https://www.blogger.com/profile/00652948318839690382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-14567407712638797492010-11-03T00:49:44.856-07:002010-11-03T00:49:44.856-07:00Frank: Frank you mean it is not enough to spend 4...Frank: Frank you mean it is not enough to spend 40 years developing a theory and therapy to help people and then set up a clinic to treat people? I can do no more. I need all your help to develop ideas, pressure and then a program to do something about it. I tried to give away my therapy to several governments all of whom turned it down. art janovArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-12954512405996391152010-11-03T00:48:25.460-07:002010-11-03T00:48:25.460-07:00Richard: right. they are all good and you don'...Richard: right. they are all good and you don't have to worry about sexual feelings. AArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-12753974408785175352010-11-03T00:40:14.977-07:002010-11-03T00:40:14.977-07:00Well said Jack, AJWell said Jack, AJArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-25943887099367404672010-11-02T14:55:02.831-07:002010-11-02T14:55:02.831-07:00Richard: Sexual feelings are just another set of ...Richard: Sexual feelings are just another set of feelings. I am certain that no Primal therapist would push you, or even wish to push you, into any particular feeling: THAT IS YOUR CHOICE. A feeling-full therapist will primarily listen to you--it is in YOUR talking that your subconscious feelings 'peep out' . It is at that point that the therapist will assess just how much to encourage you in that vain. The therapist are trained intensively for this very purpose. The therapists sexual feelings towards a patient is an absolute NO-NO in psychotherapy and to do so would lead to revoking that therapist license to practice.<br /><br />Not wanting a particular therapist should be a matter of compatibility after meeting. <br />Chances of you knowing your therapists proclivities of any kind would be something you might only discover after many sessions and even then not necessarily. If you are scarred of gay males, but fascinated by gay females, that would be something to talk about in your sessions, if, and when you (the patient) is ready to talk about it.<br /><br />In Primal therapy, the patient is king.Jack Waddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06427501529242639591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-41728458636317163872010-11-02T02:00:38.801-07:002010-11-02T02:00:38.801-07:00Well, sex is a huge trigger for me. When a girl i...Well, sex is a huge trigger for me. When a girl is feeling horny and wants to have sex with me, if I like her, I immediately feel very cold and start shaking so much that I can't hold a drink without spilling it (I'm serious). The time when I felt, for six hours, like I was going to die or go crazy...I had smoked some weed, but that hellish reaction happened the moment I opened a porno mag. And more recently I had a sexual dream and it led to some kind of first line reaction...sleep psychosis or whatever you want to call it.<br />When I see a girl who is sexually aroused for real, it turns me on. Mirror neurons? I'm sure primal therapists have mirror neurons too. I don't want a gay male therapist who gets turned on while I am in a sexual feeling. Yuck. <br />If a female therapist is turned on by my sexual feelings, that's not so yuck. <br />If I am with a heterosexual male therapist who has a clinical attitude towards my sexual feelings, that's yucky too because really I would rather not have someone watching me....but hey, this is primal therapy, right?<br />If I am not allowed to choose my therapist, then I will accept who I am given. I'm sure they are all good.Richard Atkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13587935146938446604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-84781962414053185932010-11-02T00:22:59.356-07:002010-11-02T00:22:59.356-07:00What do you mean? AJWhat do you mean? AJArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-90271491690768350382010-10-31T03:54:31.403-07:002010-10-31T03:54:31.403-07:00Art,
I "know" you are damn right in eve...Art,<br /><br />I "know" you are damn right in everything you write about… but if it does not help us ... we poor wretches who has no opportunity to be able to get through hell by our selves... what do you want us to do? We are following you with light and candle and become more and more "aware" of what we need to do ... when even cognitive activities leads forward in a sense by your writing? Our heads spin ... the calm you see is only deceiving appearances. Art ... I know that it is very important to you to keep your work safe… everything you have done is very well worth it ... but for us… please come with something concrete things we can do for our selves... a chance you my must take.<br /><br />FrankFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242354226308728116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-46759627822140937622010-10-30T21:03:21.773-07:002010-10-30T21:03:21.773-07:00Art, I am really looking forward to my adventure i...Art, I am really looking forward to my adventure in LA, but if you guys encourage patients to enter their sexual feelings, then I will request some studio editing of the video footage, and I would rather not have a gay therapist. (lesbian is ok)Richard Atkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13587935146938446604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-55996401483428853402010-10-30T04:00:43.159-07:002010-10-30T04:00:43.159-07:00Dear Art ,I can underscore the notion that "s...Dear Art ,I can underscore the notion that "sex can trigger off the past trauma " -only some days the mere t h o u g h t of sex aggravated my anxiety and depression.<br />Whether it is the result of an imprint in the womb ..or the remembrance of the terror feelings <br />resulting in my excessive masturbations after feelings of humiliation tenssion etc . I am not<br />sure of , but it`s very irritating to say the least...! Sincerely Yours emanuelemanuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01380331335118885426noreply@blogger.com