tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post4707028666826200608..comments2024-02-11T18:16:53.445-08:00Comments on Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary: On the Use of Medication in Sleep and PsychotherapyArthur Janovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16709863014923629409noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-9111534726515409692016-11-07T01:23:53.825-08:002016-11-07T01:23:53.825-08:00You know I can't give advice on this matter. a...You know I can't give advice on this matter. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-90752327415815849792016-11-06T10:43:33.492-08:002016-11-06T10:43:33.492-08:00Hi Art. I am seeing a Dr and I told him what you ...Hi Art. I am seeing a Dr and I told him what you said. He wondered if you could clarify your answer. Maybe give us more information. He read some of your books. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17000303877492951405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-12592152625060030322016-11-06T04:26:42.477-08:002016-11-06T04:26:42.477-08:00It is very individual and I would not fool arou...It is very individual and I would not fool around with drugs without a doctor. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-66579247142457093392016-11-01T08:21:23.157-07:002016-11-01T08:21:23.157-07:00Art, is it possible that a person should stop taki...Art, is it possible that a person should stop taking something like klonopin to help them sleep, like myself, and not get sleep for a while to allow feelings and memories to come up?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17000303877492951405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-61187878623266611512012-05-04T02:23:11.583-07:002012-05-04T02:23:11.583-07:00Thank you, Jacquie! I wish you all the best of luc...Thank you, Jacquie! I wish you all the best of luck in your own primal therapy and hope it works out well for you. It's a pity there is nothing like it in England, where I live, or Australia, where you do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-39837324607138549892012-05-03T04:38:30.413-07:002012-05-03T04:38:30.413-07:00Fantastic Paul, that made me laugh! My Golden &...Fantastic Paul, that made me laugh! My Golden & Wendy Darling will be my carry on luggage and can't wait to do a tour of LA. Beverley Hills bears.<br />Golden boxed in pale green tissue paper for my 4th birthday is my earliest concrete memory. I rounded the corner and knew it was her by the shape, so excited. She was the matriarch of my sister&I's teddy kingdom for years. She represents ultimate love and care to me.<br />I am hoping to be at the Primal Night at the Center/Halloween this year. A 20+ yr dream come true. I hope you make it there sometime too.<br />JacquieJacquiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794214106644328210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-32820530789233792452012-05-02T06:35:57.760-07:002012-05-02T06:35:57.760-07:00Thanks for your support, Art and Jacquie. It is ve...Thanks for your support, Art and Jacquie. It is very much appreciated! I am, frankly, uncertain that I have sufficient funds for the therapy and the return fare from England. This is my position now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-74686385183942510382012-05-01T14:17:24.302-07:002012-05-01T14:17:24.302-07:00Hi Anonymous,
Anonymous: Listen it is better than...Hi Anonymous,<br /><br />Anonymous: Listen it is better than nothing and we carry on with Skype for however long you need it. Do it! If you need a quiet place you will find it. Sometimes just a pillow over the face helps. art<br /><br />That's all I've got, and Ted. I don't care what anybody says about stuffed toys but Ted is King and I am his loving subject. He's been hanging around in my life for 47yrs and for the last 3yrs since I hit rock bottom he's all I've had to rely on. Call me nuts if you like but Ted has saved me from the Pits of Hell. He gets so salty from my tears that I have to wash him in the bath. Sometimes when I look into his eyes I see all the loving care and concern that I should have had when I got him 47 yrs ago. <br />I know this sounds mad but when I look at him his eyes are bluer and his nose blacker and his ears more floppy and laid back. His mouth now has such an enigmatic smile that never was there before. <br />One thing's for sure, when I eventually get to the clinic and to one of those Halloween dos Ted will be there. I'm even thinking of booking him into the clinic as an intern for Primal Training. He'd certainly learn a lot faster that most of those other stuffed toys charging £50 for 50 minutes.<br /><br />Paul G.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006514330039884557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-21515913293092277112012-05-01T08:46:32.890-07:002012-05-01T08:46:32.890-07:00I agree w/Art Anonymous, don't overthink it, i...I agree w/Art Anonymous, don't overthink it, it's a matter of just making a start. Then it will come to you, have faith. This is the position I am in too, also since my 20's so I sympathise. JacquieJacquiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794214106644328210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-56227653562233203962012-04-30T11:30:42.463-07:002012-04-30T11:30:42.463-07:00Anonymous: Listen it is better than nothing and w...Anonymous: Listen it is better than nothing and we carry on with Skype for however long you need it. Do it! If you need a quiet place you will find it. Sometimes just a pillow over the face helps. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-29930783722159631442012-04-30T11:03:03.313-07:002012-04-30T11:03:03.313-07:00Anonymous: I do too, artAnonymous: I do too, artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-26522675528121121472012-04-30T03:09:23.263-07:002012-04-30T03:09:23.263-07:00Referring to your comment, Art. I only wish I coul...Referring to your comment, Art. I only wish I could afford primal therapy! Also, when I wanted it in my twenties, I was turned down, for whatever reason at the time.I was somewhat fragmented and in a lot of pain after taking LSD, which may have been it.Or possibly due to my limited funds.It doesn't matter now, but what I want to please ask you is, if you think it is a good idea for people to have primal therapy if they are coming from abroad and are only on a 3 - month visa IF they live in relative poverty back home? Surely, but I could be very wrong in my presumption, for your therapy to be successful it has to be undertaken for a longer period? Also, from what I have heard, people need to have a safe, soundproof place to do the therapy in after they have left your Centre. If they haven't got this or live in blocks of flats with poor sound proofing or know anybody else who is doing the therapy, who may have a place they could use for the therapy work, then it would be a terrible blow to have to abandon it after being opened up to the primal process of feeling. What do you think about this, please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-62390100081374840742012-04-28T07:21:18.553-07:002012-04-28T07:21:18.553-07:00Thanks for your comment, Len Gibbs. As for your...Thanks for your comment, Len Gibbs. As for your's, Art. I only wish I could afford it!Yours is the most important, in my opinion, and the ONLY therapy which I believe in and which is the most fundamental, real help that can be imagined because it gets to the pain, the reasons and the vital truth of our existence. I have wanted it since my twenties but I am 63 now!<br />I have a few thousand but I don't think it is enough and I am also unsure that 3 months would be long enough for me. Is it worth having this, which I know fully how life changing it is and how it turns the whole value system upside down when you realise what matters and what the hell doesnt. I wish I COULD HAVE IT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-55668869129408177122012-04-26T17:28:23.658-07:002012-04-26T17:28:23.658-07:00Anonymous, apology accepted !
Len.Anonymous, apology accepted !<br /><br />Len.Len Gibbsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-27267141153943949662012-04-25T13:55:18.567-07:002012-04-25T13:55:18.567-07:00Anonymous: Primal therapy will lengthen your life;...Anonymous: Primal therapy will lengthen your life; of that I am sure. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-63050059041189743412012-04-25T09:27:53.515-07:002012-04-25T09:27:53.515-07:00Len Gibbs, Very sorry I was reading your comment i...Len Gibbs, Very sorry I was reading your comment in rather a hurry and got it wrong! I have reread what you said and you are completely right!!I therefore humbly apologise. So glad another artist is on this interesting blog, by the way. I don't know about the idea that artists are more likely to die from heart attack than cancer as I suffer no heart problems yet had quite a serious cancer in my twenties. All the best to you from me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-90810626224392902022012-04-25T04:47:03.801-07:002012-04-25T04:47:03.801-07:00Hi Art ,I totally agree with You :to be two-lingua...Hi Art ,I totally agree with You :to be two-lingual<br />is helpfull to Your health...as one ..or me at least<br />feel in Germany`s Italians ,Turkish ,russian "second"<br />immigrants (Young people).<br />I often "envy" (there a positive form of it !)their <br />fluent wandering... between those two languages.<br />By the way :for me The turkish people are in general<br />(despite their religion..) the saner ones perhaps because<br />of their familiy ties..<br />Yours emanuel<br />P.S. learning Italian helps me alot( I am infatuated in some<br />Italian ladies.emanuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01380331335118885426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-72479598760225975472012-04-24T12:55:12.217-07:002012-04-24T12:55:12.217-07:00Hi Art,
Evolution's a peculiar thing.
Paul ...Hi Art,<br /><br />Evolution's a peculiar thing. <br /><br />Paul G.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006514330039884557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-25876063797244713772012-04-23T21:09:22.397-07:002012-04-23T21:09:22.397-07:00Thanks Paul. They are gallery size prints, not eas...Thanks Paul. They are gallery size prints, not easy to print from. Reprinting would happen from the original scans I have and own (digital files from negative). The Center would be able to do this thru me if they wish.<br />JacquieJacquiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794214106644328210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-23338775225521803362012-04-23T17:28:00.488-07:002012-04-23T17:28:00.488-07:00Anonymous, I have not mentioned anywhere in my sur...Anonymous, I have not mentioned anywhere in my survey where I think artists are crazy. I have simply responded to Arts' premise that perhaps artists tended to die more from cardiovascular disease than cancer & I believe this may also apply to the rest of the population. I am also an artist(aged 61)- & I also think the idea that ALL creative people are prone to crazy ideas is a pretty general statement !<br /><br />Len.Len Gibbsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-36013687648884732442012-04-23T15:15:42.971-07:002012-04-23T15:15:42.971-07:00Paul: Hey don't give up. We all do something...Paul: Hey don't give up. We all do something bit by bit and one day, maybe, there will be progress. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-51586009178470170942012-04-22T14:55:47.970-07:002012-04-22T14:55:47.970-07:00Paul: And I found the luck to write it. We are al...Paul: And I found the luck to write it. We are all in this world together, trying to figure it out, trying to get out of it what we can, often lost, often sad and lonely but still truggin. We suffer and yet go on because there isn't much choice. My job is to make all of our jobs a bit easier and more understandable so we won't wonder what is driving us, and won't ascribe it to "demons." I wish there were someone like me when I was young and trying to figure out life. I was lost too. I was educated at 4 universities and trained at the Freudian clinic of the West (Hacker), mostly Viennese shrinks, more lost than I, trying to make psychoanalysis a science----a hopeless task. artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-33384278513895477242012-04-22T11:04:31.585-07:002012-04-22T11:04:31.585-07:00Hi All & Art,
-"My job is to make all of...Hi All & Art,<br /><br />-"My job is to make all of our jobs a bit easier and more understandable so we won't think it is some kind of demons driving us".<br /><br />What a job, it's working.<br /><br />By the way, I was a compulsive psychology book addict* before I got onto this blog about 18months ago. (* That means I spent years trying to heal myself by reading the instruction manuals, they're mostly all booga booga of course).<br />I was so impressed by what I found on the archive here (isn't it a totally unique testament? Wouldn't it make the basis of a startling drama / book or radio play)? I realised almost immediately I should not read any of Arts' books until I came to my own conclusions about all this Primal Theory from having had conversations (albeit 'long distance & obliquely). . . with all of you. Seriously, that was my decision 18months ago; I read the old Primal Scream in 1984 (like everybody else). . . That was all.<br /><br />You see my realisation was coming around to what my intuition had always whispered in my ear: that my 3rd line is a hall of mirrors and can make anything mean anything; certainly I have been infuriated by others caprice in this way. So I realised that if I just went out and bought all Arts' books and read them, well then I would be conditioning myself with Arts' words before getting any true insights from my own condition. . . <br /><br />Ok, you could accuse me of trying to use this blog as 'talking therapy'. God forbid that any of us do that eh? ! But actually no. What I have done is to informally use myself as an isolated control for the Theory (ie: not just "Book Learned"). Basically I am (at least for my self) the living proof because all of what's been discussed here that relates to me and my condition is far too strikingly accurate to be mere belief or co-incidence. I am convinced through this blog of the Primal Truth of my personal condition (before reading the books).<br /><br />Thus, I am now reading a copy of Primal Healing. I notice there are things in it that Art does not say on this blog.<br /><br />Lastly, I was involved in New Age stuff and the Environmental Movement to quite an extent. I set up a not for profit business to restore British Woodlands, that failed like so many other attempts to empty the Aegean Stables. I lived for many years with the illusion that I could change the world for the better through my personal commitment to these sort of activities. I nearly destroyed my life with the effort. I became extremely cynical after a while, noticing time and again the self interest of the few screwing it up for the benefit of the many. I'm 52 now. <br /><br />I guess that this blog is as cathartic for Art as it is 'helpful' for us bloggers because of the extreme frustration Art and France and other Primal Professionals must have experienced over many years of trying to reach into the mainstream Psychology community and getting only the STONEWALL EFFECT. I imagine that this blog and the legacy program at the clinic must be essential for Arts' sanity and all his associates, friends and family because the STONEWALL will inevitably outlive Art.<br /><br />I think maybe we are 'under miners' of these walls of repression around the Fortress of Denial. Digging down. Digging in, letting in the light and fresh air.<br /><br />Paul G.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006514330039884557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-24341135318301931682012-04-22T09:51:40.532-07:002012-04-22T09:51:40.532-07:00Hey Jacquie,
You could consider applying for inte...Hey Jacquie,<br /><br />You could consider applying for international copyright before you 'give' them to the clinic so that the clinic could legally print them for sale and remain protected from theft. <br /><br />I know something about this. The copyright can be stolen by not having applied for it prior to giving.<br /><br />One way to raise funds. . . Some 'projects' like this have turned over millions by the way; due to the combination of the new owners' aims and the potential for a new market. God, what do I sound like? !<br /><br />Paul G.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006514330039884557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420173096635836108.post-14752698372943818472012-04-22T08:25:10.802-07:002012-04-22T08:25:10.802-07:00Jacquie: yes yes, I wrote that I wanted them but ...Jacquie: yes yes, I wrote that I wanted them but I have no mastered facebook yet. please? artArthur Janovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009571728800026496noreply@blogger.com