I think this elucidates the “everyone has motives” issue nicely. Regarding the responses, I feel uneasy about the second one. Sticking to the object level makes sense to me. I’m confused how psychoanalysis is supposed to work without devolving.
For example, let’s say someone thinks my motivation for writing this comment is [negative-valence trait or behavior]. How exactly am I supposed to verify my intentions?
In the simple case, I know what my intentions are and they either trust me when I tell them or they don’t.
It’s the cases when people can’t explain themselves that are tricky. Not everyone has the introspective skill, or verbal fluency, to explain their reasoning. I’m not really sure what to do in those cases other than asking the person I’m psychoanalyzing if that’s what’s happening.
I think this elucidates the “everyone has motives” issue nicely. Regarding the responses, I feel uneasy about the second one. Sticking to the object level makes sense to me. I’m confused how psychoanalysis is supposed to work without devolving.
For example, let’s say someone thinks my motivation for writing this comment is [negative-valence trait or behavior]. How exactly am I supposed to verify my intentions?
In the simple case, I know what my intentions are and they either trust me when I tell them or they don’t.
It’s the cases when people can’t explain themselves that are tricky. Not everyone has the introspective skill, or verbal fluency, to explain their reasoning. I’m not really sure what to do in those cases other than asking the person I’m psychoanalyzing if that’s what’s happening.