Dear Arthur,
A short message to wish you happy birthday and to tell you thank you for your work which has without any doubt pushed the understanding of human behavior forward. Everything is feeling and all you need is love to prevent you from trauma and neurosis later on.
I had the chance to come to the Primal Center from April to June 2013. To me primal therapy was the last chance, the end of the tunnel…my only hope. It changed my life forever and for the best and I wish to finish my therapy in the years to come (I’m 24 now and I’m saving money to come back in a bit)
Since I came to primal therapy I feel I have a much better understanding of where I come from and why I have been acting the way I did for years. I also know that parents do make mistakes and that you don’t owe anything to them. Before I was living with a feeling of guilt to my mother because she has been depressed for years and I couldn’t do anything. Now I understand that she is neurotic and there is not much I can do (except talk to her about your therapy, your books and blog which is easier to understand for outsiders but also about the work of Docteur Leboyer which I think is very complementary to your work).
Since primal therapy I met a girl and was able to have complete « sexual intercourse » which was impossible for me before (I had like a « blocage »). I have been with her for almost a year now and for the first time I am able to make plans about the future with a total stranger.
Of course, there are days when things don’t go so well and I’m still not sure about the professional path I have chosen (I might want to study psychology actually in the coming years). But it is reassuring in my day to day life to know that every feeling has to be felt for what it is which means that to get better all you have to do is stop your activity go to a room or a place where you can be alone and cry and feel.
So to make things short : thank you very much Arthur. You truly saved my life and I’m sure the one of many and I look forward to meeting you when I’ll come back to the Center.
All the best and hello to David !
A belated birthday-recognition to you the king of - or greatest ever inspirer - of integrated emotional and cognitive enlightenment!!!
ReplyDeletePbef: It may be belated but very nice to read. art.
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ReplyDeleteCompletely off topic but very useful I think:
A newish book out by Malcolm Coxall called:
-"HUMAN MANIPULATION"-.
A Handbook. Published by Cornelio Books and also an e-book from Smashwords.
This seems to demonstrate a more honest up to date view of the Human Condition. It shows how 'plastic' our perception is and how subjective most of what we believe is. It is very well written in plain English and well organised /collated.
Malcolm Coxall was involved in mediation at pretty high levels and is also an organic farmer and writer on environmental issues. I wonder if he would be interested in Primal Theory?
It seems to me Primal explains many things, not least of all how we are manipulated and why we also manipulate. Need wants to be satisfied and life is so complex direct routes are almost non existent. . .
Paul G.