Couch 137: Jung's Obsession

My brother had a few hardy boys books, but I never read any of them. I suddenly have the urge to read Nancy Drew again. I wish I still had the books, but I gave them to my ex's niece a long time ago.

My mom read to us every night, for years even though we could all read by age 2. That's the kind of thing I remember when therapists start in on her. She'd give all the characters different voices. It was awesome.

I could not stand Nancy Drew. It seemed like she was always getting into a mess and her boyfriend would save her. I loved the Hardy Boys because there was none of that sexist stuff.

My library has a lot of nancy drew books as ebooks on overdrive

I did not like the Bess character.
Maybe you should try reading Nancy Clue and the Hardly Boys books - a parody of nancy drew/cherry ames(amazingly sexist nurse stories)/hardy boys.
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"We may define therapy as a search for value." -- Abraham Maslow

"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become." -- Carl Jung

I tried Cherry Ames. Ick. The only series with female characters of dating age I ever liked was the Dana Girls, who were kind of like female Hardy Boys iirc.

I also liked the Clint Lane West Point series. I actually seriously considered going there because of those books.

As Mindy Lahiri would say, EXSQUEEZE ME?! You could read by age 2?!

2 year olds are still learning to talk, much less read

Someone mentioned Ramona. I do remember reading those books! I also found a Sweet Valley High book at a garage sale with my mom, and one of the character's name was Dawn, (which is my first name) and I was like "OMG. MUST READ." So I read those.

Other than that, my first memories of reading are raiding my dad's bookshelves of all his Stephen King and Dean Koontz books.

i'm on episode 3 and im not really into the show, does it get better? is it slow or what

my parent's way of communicating serious issues to me were by books. like childrens books addressing serious issues. so my 'sex talk' was a book. then when my dad was dying, i found another book. so conveniently placed in the kitchen. like, that was it. thats how i found out

It puts together her story in a piecemeal fashion, I guess. I loved it, but I also listen to podcasts about serial killers and read mostly awful, depressing things, so this is right up my alley
Uhhh. That is effed up! Apparently my mom also got a book out at the library when she was pregnant with my brother. I was 4 and I guess asked a lot of questions. I have no memory of it, but I assume it is true.

See, this is why I try to remember not to mention that. According to the baby notebooks my mother kept for us, yes. Keep in mind, we weren't reading Nietzsche or anything like that. Kids' books, Babar and such. And I am sure it's partly because my mother read to us so religiously, and we looked at the text along with her - she wasn't just holding up the book to show us the pictures. Plus Sesame Street.

I don't remember being unable to read.

Otoh, we were all really slow walkers.

Well the reason I say that is I am a preschool teacher of 2 year olds, and I truly think it is cognitively impossible for them to "read." Now, some 2 year olds can recognize letters very well, and if they have heard/seen a book often enough, can "read" along, but not actually look at the letters and know that they form a word that says "bear."

I could be totally wrong! This is just my experience of teaching 2 year olds.

I also don't remember being unable to read, but not many people have memories that young (unless you do, and if so I am JEALOUS!)

I 100% learned the alphabet sign language from Sesame Street, and still use it to this day. hahaha.

Google it, velcro. It may be rare, but it is entirely possible. And when we all first "read," it was something we hadn't seen before. Maybe it was giftedness, maybe it was hyperlexia, idk.

And now that I am incredibly embarassed and kicking myself for not proofreading my post more carefully, maybe we could drop it? At least the part about whether it is possible?

Interesting! My son was reading early too, but was a late walker too!

My uncle likes to tell about me when I was three, and I sounded out "John Deere Foundry". He asked me if I knew what a foundry was and I said that I thought it might be a place they shaped steel. My mom read to me all the time, also. I also like to remember that as being proof of her love for me.

I taught myself to read at young age too, so my mother said. I got to school and I thought D i c k and Jane were silly.

The puppy is looking daggers st me because I forgot about Easter and he has no dog food. He had to eat party pies tonight.

A standardized school test showed i had a college level reading comprehension at age 6.

My childhood evironment was so barren and without stimulation, i had read most of my parents books. When i was 8, i started going to the public library every week.

Now I cant read a book due to focus and concentration issues. Thats been going on for about 7 years now. I miss books.

It's very slow moving, but it really does begin to come together. Maybe it's slow moving for you because it's predictable? Like there's no suspense involved? I have to get more episodes in. I wanted to watch another one last night but it got late. I think it's a good thing for teenagers to watch because at times they are so cruel to each other.

I've looked up potential new Ts in private practice because my T in the public system can only see me once a month and I have to take time off work to see her. While I could possibly see a T in private practice on the weekend, some practices even share the same medical centre as the clinic my younger brother attends too. I am so attached to my T though, so I'm pushing her away...but hoping she won't fire me after my texted confession to her.

I have no memories of being read or told bedtime stories as a child.

I grew up on Enid Blyton, Famous Five avd the Hardy Boys.

I don't think I was read to when I was younger because my mother and father didn't really have the ability to read to us. They were able to read, but just were not inclined to do so. They really didn't teach us anything like reading, counting and things like that. We also didn't attend preschool/daycare or have baby sitters because my mom didn't work. The first time we experienced any kind of education was when went to kindergarten at age 5.

I nannied a little girl who could read at age 2. Her speech was clear as day. She was a gifted little girl so it's very possible for a child to read that young.

Nobody can really tell you what you identify with except you. You can be in a relationship without having a sexual attraction towards the person you are with. There could be other reasons why you are drawn to a person. I'll be married to my H for 12 years in August and it was not sexual attraction that brought us together.

I had the same problem for about 3-4 years until a year or so ago. I'm not sure whether it was going on meds or getting out of my marriage that fixed the problem.

I still can't concentrate on TV or movies, but that's fine if there are books I can read.

I used to be able to read 3 or 4 books at the same time (well, switching back and forth of course lol) and could keep them all separate in my head. I can't do that anymore!! I have to read one at a time now!