thanks mouse. i havent read about jung but its true. freud did make some huge connections although his conclusions on the connections seem largely to have been way off. i guess i meant that he was not a nice individual. i think i would have had some serious personality clashes with him if id known him! lol. i must admit i do often connect with 'tortured souls who think a lot' too. lol. though often for me they tend to be fiction writers, poets, philosophers more so than psychologists... probably cos til now ive paid more attention to these disciplines than the latter. lol.
btw you hit the nail on the head saying we connect to others with what we connect with in ourselves. its hard for me though to take that objective, rational thought and apply it to my 'feelings'. whatever the heck they are!
thanks for your 'rambling' mouse. i always get so much out of it!