I'm not afraid of him, per se. I think he might be a little afraid of me, or at least he seems pretty chagrined about various insights I've expressed regarding the therapy process.  I do have misgivings about whatever decisions he might be making in secret about my diagnoses or treatment needs, since even though I've expressed not having found that kind of treatment management to be helpful for me, I still have no sure way of knowing whether he's doing so. I suppose it could be construed as a fear of mine, but I think of it as more of a consideration.
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“We use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them. One of things the screen hides most effectively is the body, our own body, by which I mean, the ins and outs of it, its interiors. Like a veil thrown over the skin to secure its modesty, the screen partially removes from the mind the inner states of the body, those that constitute the flow of life as it wanders in the journey of each day.”
— Antonio R. Damasio, “The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness” (p.28)
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