Thoughts on Psychoanalysis

**Permalost** · Posted On: 6/12/2012 5:26pm

Not that I want to build Devil's ego anymore, but I've come to like his posts. They're pretty annoying at first, but once you get past that, he's a pretty entertaining poster to have around. It's better than listening to a bunch of people agree with each other. There are a number of trolling posters I feel this way about.

***battlefields*** · Posted On: 6/12/2012 5:41pm

Originally Posted by Permalost

Not that I want to build Devil's ego anymore, but I've come to like his posts. They're pretty annoying at first, but once you get past that, he's a pretty entertaining poster to have around. It's better than listening to a bunch of people agree with each other. There are a number of trolling posters I feel this way about.

Devil is copping gobbies all over this thread.

**lordbd** · Posted On: 6/12/2012 6:31pm

Who would've thought that a thread about psychotherapy on an internet forum would spiral into a competition to call eachother narcissists?

Ironically, I only made the thread because I didn't see my name enough times under "new posts." I feel strangely content.

**Permalost** · Posted On: 6/12/2012 6:48pm

Originally Posted by lordbd

Who would've thought that a thread about psychotherapy on an internet forum would spiral into a competition to call eachother narcissists?

That's because you guys are A BUNCH OF NAZIS!!!!

You'll never survive the Zombie Apocalypse without being a random bacon ninja pirate pedobear steampunk-ex-president! Porn!

**lordbd** · Posted On: 6/12/2012 6:55pm

Originally Posted by Permalost

Porn!

Indeed sir, indeed.

**It is Fake** · Posted On: 6/12/2012 8:02pm

My favorite part is that he trolled people that have degrees in this field.

**slamdunc** · Posted On: 6/12/2012 8:15pm

Originally Posted by Ignorami

What if i think Dog the Bounty Hunter is in the top 1% of the most handsome people in the world? Who is anyone to tell me I'm wrong?

I would have to agree; not that Dog the Bounty Hunter is handsome, but that you would not be wrong. I would just have to say that our tastes differ greatly (probably shake my head and roll my eyes) and hope that the majority agreed with me instead of you. This would, of course, prove Devil's societal norms case.

Again though, it would be nothing more than my personal opinion, not based on any scientific fact or philosophical meaning.

**lordbd** · Posted On: 6/12/2012 8:22pm

Referring back to the discussion earlier about what exactly constitutes narcissism (or any other mental illness for that matter), I would mention that most diagnoses in the DSM-IV-TR have the qualifier that one must have a certain number of symptoms etc. etc. and must also either experience 1) subjective distress due to the symptoms or 2) significant functional impairment. Most personality disorders dont meet that first criteria but may well meet the second. But I suppose if you have all the traits of narcissism, but go into show-biz and can somehow hold down a meaningful relationship, you still wouldn't technically have NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER according to the DSM-IV. Psychodynamic theories, on the other hand, are less interested in distress and symptoms per se, and more interested in the theorized underlying conflicts that might be going on within a person.

**Devil** · Posted On: 6/12/2012 8:27pm

lordbd has proven himself as the only person in the thread who has more than a thimble full of knowledge on the subject matter.

As a result, he is capable of presenting his viewpoint without resorting to "**** you, 'cause Aristotle" as his primary argument.