tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post2806230565695981266..comments2024-02-11T18:16:53.445-08:00Comments on Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: My Life: The War Years Arthur Janovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16709863014923629409noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-70911180313699192072017-01-29T21:02:57.837-08:002017-01-29T21:02:57.837-08:00I am not sure. ArtI am not sure. ArtArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-25286534323421636792017-01-29T12:08:20.955-08:002017-01-29T12:08:20.955-08:00Autism:
Just a suggestion. Maybe autism rates ar...Autism: <br /><br />Just a suggestion. Maybe autism rates are increasing, in part, because we have improved our ability to bring children back from the dead? We've got all these babies coming into the world who, historically, would have just died from their damage.<br /><br />Couple that with the possibility that we're doing more damage to babies today(?). It seems from my observation that the use of drugs and medical intervention (such as elective c-sections) is more popular than ever.Andrew D Atkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492591375757227409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-44986602185450666032017-01-12T10:23:27.410-08:002017-01-12T10:23:27.410-08:00Stockholm 2017-01-12
I'm about to "fil...<br /> Stockholm 2017-01-12<br /><br /><br /><br />I'm about to "fill up my life"!<br /><br />I want to compare it with that I fill up my life... and less and less is wasted. Every time I stand there as ten years old and try to poke away paint on the house we live so my experience becomes more and more present and the view around is becoming more and more real... and I become more and more myself as a child. <br /><br />I could wish that I had someone to talk about it with... but it's probably not more than there was as I already experiencing as I'm there as small. And this is what I'm about to fill my life with... my consciousness as a little child. But even then at ten years old I had repressed feelings... repressed what I had experienced why it is to come.<br /><br />In between all of this... so does my sentences grow together with what I feel like and I can express it in sentences. But sometimes... so I think about it more than I feel and it's devastating. But it finds its solution when I fill up my life with more of my memories.<br /><br />Frank<br />Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242354226308728116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-42386643476475428722017-01-11T02:10:54.437-08:002017-01-11T02:10:54.437-08:00Paul, How lovely. artPaul, How lovely. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-78744358171352800562017-01-10T12:30:03.611-08:002017-01-10T12:30:03.611-08:00Hi Piotr,
I am moved to tears because that's ...Hi Piotr,<br /><br />I am moved to tears because that's exactly how I feel. To be on this blog is a privilege. I try not to put Art on a pedestal, because he is already teetering on a pile of his own books, whilst writing yet another. All of which I will be reading and referring to for a long time to come.<br /><br />Paul G. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006514330039884557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-14603828887720111052017-01-09T08:15:52.468-08:002017-01-09T08:15:52.468-08:00Thanks Inga, I always learn from all of the blogs....Thanks Inga, I always learn from all of the blogs. It broadens me too. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-76856853673418507782017-01-08T23:29:17.343-08:002017-01-08T23:29:17.343-08:00Wow. My mum (b. 1920) lived through the Winter War...Wow. My mum (b. 1920) lived through the Winter War in Finland. (and got a medal.) She had to clean, cook food etc for the soldiers. (and hated war for the rest of her life.) It was she who told me to read "The Primal Scream". (in 1973.) Advised to do so by a friend who was a therapist. (German immigrant to Sweden. Had been forced to be a nazi boy soldier. Wrote the book "Don´t let yourselves be fooled". In Swedish.) My favourite line by a poet: "I am the enemy you killed, my friend."(Wilfred Owen. Killed in the trenches in 1918.)(gay just like Auden.) Ciao from IngaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-33654276818605812022017-01-08T21:59:27.880-08:002017-01-08T21:59:27.880-08:00Really interesting definition of Narcolepsy from W...Really interesting definition of Narcolepsy from Wikipedia, note the last sentence:<br /><br />"Narcolepsy is a long-term neurological disorder that involves a decreased ability to regulate sleep-wake cycles.[1] Symptoms include periods of excessive daytime sleepiness that usually last from seconds to minutes and may occur at any time. About 70% of people also experience episodes of sudden loss of muscle strength, known as cataplexy. These spells can be brought on by strong emotions."<br /><br />Erronraindoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09714998714610881831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-6730846427358203592017-01-08T16:43:45.192-08:002017-01-08T16:43:45.192-08:00https://www.facebook.com/199357390191520/videos/77...https://www.facebook.com/199357390191520/videos/776812972445956/<br /><br />compared to humans wolves and dogs look disadvantaged. don't think their anatomy is cuddle-friendly like ours. yet, their pleasure is beautiful to watch.<br />it is not off topic. "make love, not war". )) wonder about our possibilities.vukonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-61146939984939849342017-01-08T13:43:13.973-08:002017-01-08T13:43:13.973-08:00Hi Erik, I am assuming "R's" comment...Hi Erik, I am assuming "R's" comment is in response to a feeling of rejection. No matter how valid I think my comment to be, if there is a delay in publishing or it gets lost in the cyber-sphere, I just assume it was not good enough, that there was something objectionable about it, and that "I am not good enough" feeling that resonates from early life. But I keep on risking, so that is good. I'm sure the Center means no emotional harm at all--it is just an individual pain that some of us have when we interact with people and risk rejection or acceptance. Sherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03600090931780217359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-46190954307801229172017-01-08T01:07:57.548-08:002017-01-08T01:07:57.548-08:00Dear Art,
Hypersomnia is excessive sleeping.
I...Dear Art, <br /><br />Hypersomnia is excessive sleeping. <br /><br />I would appreciate if you would write more about your cases with narcolepsy. <br /><br />NenadNenadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521164394203557361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-61137441032184975232017-01-07T22:09:46.819-08:002017-01-07T22:09:46.819-08:00
What is hypersomnia? Narcolepsy… People do lose...<br />What is hypersomnia? Narcolepsy… People do lose it in Primal Therapy but it has multiple causes, mostly first line, sometimes almost dying at birth and suddenly being jarred awake. Sometimes the memory of losing oxygen and fading away is a sort of flashback. I have many cases of it and I will check with staff. Art<br />Arthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-18054320859277215252017-01-07T14:37:58.449-08:002017-01-07T14:37:58.449-08:00Hi, Yannis Xs,
According to Encyclopedia Britanni...Hi, Yannis Xs,<br /><br />According to Encyclopedia Britannica, in the American public there was a majority against entering the war. After Pearl Harbor Dec. 1941, there was no choice but to declare war.<br /><br />At the attack, three US aircraft carriers were already out at see. An American private at the radar screens saw the Japanese airplanes approaching. He was told to ignore it, as US bombers were expected to arrive soon. <br /><br />At the time, USA and Germany had no atom bombs, so a race developed to be first. After TESTING on American soil, the bombs had to finish the war in summer 1945, as the Japanese generals refused to capitulate. Only after the emperor had said so, came the capitulation.<br /><br />If the bombs had been ready sooner, some hundred thousand US soldiers' lives would have been saved, and as many Japanese lives, in the firestorm attacks on Tokyo and other Japanese cities.<br /><br />Without the bombs, the war would have continued for many more months, untill the Japanese mainland was conquered, costing further hundreds of thousands of lives of Japanese civilians and solders, as well as US soldiers.<br /><br />Japan, being an island nation with few natural resources, needed to expand to gain access to oil and other necessities. The reason for this war, like for most other wars, was economical. The reason for dropping the atom bombs was the neurotic pride of Japanese generals. Die with honour, rather than live in disgrace. Civilian Japanese lives did not matter, in their opinion.<br /><br />Your conspiratorical theory is unfounded.<br /><br />ErikErik Lundholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488110108743043969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-4860193672774556232017-01-07T11:27:51.316-08:002017-01-07T11:27:51.316-08:00Dear Art,
Will you write about narcolepsy? And h...Dear Art, <br /><br />Will you write about narcolepsy? And hypersomnia? I am very curious about that subjects. <br /><br />NenadNenadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521164394203557361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-20969550851445689712017-01-07T11:09:57.604-08:002017-01-07T11:09:57.604-08:00Hi R,
It is interesting that you think a comment ...Hi R,<br /><br />It is interesting that you think a comment would not be allowed, if offensive or negative. Why is that? <br /><br />Dr. Arthur Janov is not a guru, not a preacher, not a politician. Primal Therapy is not a political party, church, cult or sect. The Primal Movement and Art's reputation are strong enough to take criticism and resistance, which has been the order of the day for 50 years. <br /><br />In fact, the whole idea of Primal Therapy is to create individuals who are healthy, indipendent, and clear eyed, as opposed to the masses who worship and blindly follow authoritarian leaders like sheep.<br /><br />So keep commenting, so we get some variation here.<br /><br />Erik LundholmErik Lundholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488110108743043969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-82059794633986681112017-01-07T10:46:33.267-08:002017-01-07T10:46:33.267-08:00Piotr, how very very sweet of you. Thanks for muc...Piotr, how very very sweet of you. Thanks for much. art<br />Arthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-65048928594555577932017-01-07T10:45:15.094-08:002017-01-07T10:45:15.094-08:00Erron, I never thought about it so now I will but ...Erron, I never thought about it so now I will but not sure at all. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-59662519083923364332017-01-07T10:44:23.911-08:002017-01-07T10:44:23.911-08:00I love it. artI love it. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-17067641298861904762017-01-07T10:43:14.347-08:002017-01-07T10:43:14.347-08:00Good letter Paul, thanks. artGood letter Paul, thanks. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-73485989310892425912017-01-07T08:49:30.962-08:002017-01-07T08:49:30.962-08:00There is an ending in TROY movie (by Petersen):
...There is an ending in TROY movie (by Petersen):<br /><br /><br />"If they ever tell my story, let them say... <br /><br />...I walked with giants. <br /><br />Men rise and fall like the winter wheat... <br /><br />...but these names will never die. <br /><br />Let them say I lived in the time of Hector... <br /><br />...tamer of horses. <br /><br />Let them say... <br /><br />...I lived in the time of Achilles. "<br /><br /><br />If there ever tell MY story...<br /><br />Let them say I lived in the time of Arthur JanovKatarzynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911400318077957562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-51444659519096457172017-01-06T23:04:38.670-08:002017-01-06T23:04:38.670-08:00Yes it helps what you write Art!
To ensure that l...Yes it helps what you write Art!<br /><br />To ensure that life gets a good start is much more important than any therapy can ever achieve... to it... you must been given that opportunity... you had to have the opportunity... which is almost non-existent where people are. So primal therapy is still what ultimately can save mankind from their madness as it is adults who decide what should be... from life to life... or otherwise we will remain unconsciousness... it in one way or another without ever been part of our life.<br /><br />But knowing what to do when panic rolls in as you lying down and heat arises and your thoughts rushing in all directions... it in an attempt to escape the panic and it is still there when you sit up... where to go? If hell exists... it is this! And all this long before any experience of crying has been of any help. And you have absolutely no one there who understands what's happening. So it is easy to understand why so many avoid addressing it.<br /><br />It is better to know than not to feel why... but the best is to feel why!<br /><br />I could need some help.<br /><br />Your FrankFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242354226308728116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-21548010955116700952017-01-06T14:33:45.962-08:002017-01-06T14:33:45.962-08:00That Tony Bennett: what an interesting story his l...That Tony Bennett: what an interesting story his life.<br /><br />Maybe those Italians you were guarding were happy because they would not have to fight anymore, and knew that they would be treated better than their fascist fellow soldiers and Nazis and crazed Japanese allies treated Allied soldiers. Of course, I don't really know. I do not like to generalise about peoples but I would say that Italians then, as they are now, tend to be sentimental and "emotional" (thus the apparent happiness you witnessed) ,unlike tightly wound Germans and Japanese. But sentimentality is not serene emotionality IMO; the flip side of it is BRUTALITY, just another way of expressing the same sadism as the Germans and the Japanese. I see it so clearly in my mother, the total DRAMA QUEEN: weepy, needy, over-solicitous, and harsh. <br /><br />Marco<br /><br />Anyways this fascist Italian thing has tormented me all my life. I remember sitting once in the church I mention above with the still existing frescoe of Mussolini (and 4 Blackshirts on horses). It was at my grandmother's funeral mass. I got si upset looking at that frescoe that I had to leave the church because I was about to start SCREAMING right in the middle of a "solemn" ceremony. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-34266117377648668022017-01-06T14:28:44.377-08:002017-01-06T14:28:44.377-08:00Art, I love these stories from your life. It fills...Art, I love these stories from your life. It fills in the man behind all the theorising. Will these stories form part of "Art & Science"?<br /><br />Erronraindoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09714998714610881831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-70890887076597291262017-01-06T14:24:19.696-08:002017-01-06T14:24:19.696-08:00Yes, love Auden also. And perhaps on topic, from F...Yes, love Auden also. And perhaps on topic, from Ford Madox Ford's 'Antwerp':<br /><br />This is Charing Cross; <br />It is midnight; <br />There is a great crowd <br />And no light. <br />A great crowd, all black that hardly whispers aloud. <br />Surely, that is a dead woman—a dead mother! <br />She has a dead face; <br />She is dressed all in black; <br />She wanders to the bookstall and back, <br />At the back of the crowd; <br />And back again and again back, <br />She sways and wanders. <br /><br />This is Charing Cross; <br />It is one o'clock. <br />There is still a great cloud, and very little light; <br />Immense shafts of shadows over the black crowd <br />That hardly whispers aloud. . . <br />And now! . . That is another dead mother, <br />And there is another and another and another. . . <br />And little children, all in black, <br />All with dead faces, waiting in all the waiting-places, <br />Wandering from the doors of the waiting-room <br />In the dim gloom. <br />These are the women of Flanders.<br />They await the lost. <br />They await the lost that shall never leave the dock; <br />They await the lost that shall never again come by the train <br />To the embraces of all these women with dead faces; <br />They await the lost who lie dead in trench and barrier and foss, <br />In the dark of the night. <br />This is Charing Cross; it is past one of the clock; <br />There is very little light. <br /><br />There is so much pain. raindoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09714998714610881831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-53385955678101656602017-01-06T12:03:08.099-08:002017-01-06T12:03:08.099-08:00Hi Art,
My parents lived through the blitz. Not l...Hi Art,<br /><br />My parents lived through the blitz. Not like your war experience but as powerless observers in Sussex & London. when you talked about your Dad saying he was a failure I just felt the total powerlessness of our situation. I wonder if there's a line from when your father simply ignored you through the total powerlessness of war to where you got to prove yourself and be saved. . . Sometimes life is so much more amazing than fiction. . . You really couldn't make this stuff up.<br /><br />(PS, as a 'lay linguist', have you noticed that when you write about those years you use completely different grammar and syntax)?<br /><br />Maybe you get some answers from that?<br /><br />With all my best wishes in this new year dear Art.<br /><br />Paul G.<br />Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006514330039884557noreply@blogger.com