No clear difference between psychopathology of self and psychopathology of world
- Lyn Georgy
- Jul 31, 2014
- 1 min read
This short passage is filled with astonishing insights, articulated so beautifully there is something palpable and acute that happens when I read it.
My practice tells me I can no longer distinguish clearly between neurosis of self and neurosis of world, psychopathology of self and psychopathology of world. Moreover, it tells me that to place neurosis and psychopathology solely in personal reality is a delusional repression of what is actually, realistically, being experienced. The whole world is sick….and you can’t put this right by having a good therapeutic dialogue or finding deeper meanings. It’s not about meaning anymore; it’s about survival. Psychological awareness rises from errors, coincidences, indefiniteness, from the chaos deeper than intelligent control. In any system, whether a corporation, a family or the inner arrangements of the human psyche, a vigorous “no” to the good of the whole may serve the good of the whole and increase its power…
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