Because of my studies in psychology, I read Jung's Autobiography.
When Freud came to Visit Me (Jung) in Zurich in 1908, I briefed him on Babette's situation. Then he said to me, you know—Jung, what you find in this patient is indeed interesting; but how can you bear to spend so much time, even so many days, on this strangely ugly woman? I (Jung) must have glared at him hard, because I had never thought of it that way. In a way, I think this woman is a delightful person because he has such cute fantasies and it's so much fun to speak out. After all, even when it is in a state of madness, human nature will still show itself in all kinds of weird, ridiculous nonsense. This is the psychotherapist, Jung.
Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) was a Swiss psychologist. In 1907, he began to cooperate with Sigmund Freud to develop and promote psychoanalytic theory for 6 years. Later, jungian psychotherapy of personality analysis was founded. He was president of the International Society for Psychoanalysis and President of the International Association for Psychotherapy, and founded the Jungian School of Psychology.
In 1905 he became a lecturer in psychiatry at the University of Zurich, and in the same year became a senior physician in a psychiatric clinic.
During those years, his private practice grew in size. He lectured primarily on psychopathology, Freud's basic course on psychoanalysis, and hominid psychology. He died in Switzerland on 6 June 1961. His theories and ideas still have a profound impact on psychological research today.
01: The main task of psychiatry is to understand what is happening in the patient's mind.
First of all, psychiatric diseases are simply abnormal or damaged neurologically.
Types of Psychosis:
1. Organic psychosis caused by direct damage to brain tissue.
2. Environmental disorders in the body.
3. Personality disorders, affective disorders, psychological disorders, etc.
4. Insanity.
5. Early-onset dementia
6: Neurosis...
Clinical diagnosis is very important because it can point the doctor in the right direction. The stories told by patients are crucial because only they can show the context of the patient's life and the pain and suffering they endure. Only with this as a starting point will the doctor's treatment have an effect.
There is one case that amply demonstrates this:
There is a case in our village: a young woman raised a daughter, when she was six years old, she had a high fever overnight and then died, and then a few years later, her husband died of liver ascites, and her only son went to college and became addicted to games all day long... After that, she finally collapsed. Often speaking incomprehensible words, memory gradually deteriorates, mental trance, state of distress.
I realized she was suffering from paranoia. Delusions and hallucinations present in the nervous confusion.
Behind the insanity is a personality, a story of life, a form of hope and desire. As psychologists, if we don't understand this, it's our fault. There is a general state of mind of personality hidden in insanity, and although the patient appears to be a little sluggish, indifferent, or extremely stupid, there are many things in their hearts that we must understand and approach him/her.
A few years ago, the doctor just kept prescribing medicine to her, and she kept taking medicine, and it didn't seem to have much effect when the medicine was finished.
2: Psychoanalysts must not only understand the patient, but also know themselves!
A teenage girl is 18 years old and comes from a very cultured family. At the age of 15, she was seduced by her brother and bullied by her classmates. At the age of 16, she began to become isolated from others, and finally her only emotional relationship was with the neighbor's watchdog, which he had been trying to win over; she became more and more eccentric. At the age of 17, he was admitted to a mental hospital. Spending a year and a half there, she kept hearing all sorts of voices, refusing to eat, completely silent, and no longer speaking. When I (Jung) first met her, he exhibited a typical nervous mental symptom. After many weeks, he was finally persuaded by me, began to speak, overcame many obstacles, she told me that she used to live on the moon, and the moon was inhabited...
She was humiliated by the incest she experienced as a teenager, and she felt unable to lift her head in front of the world. In the fantasy world, he is noble.
She allowed herself to enter a mysterious world, because according to tradition, incest was a noble and magical privilege, but this made her completely alienated from the world and suffered from mental illness.
Psychopaths tend to be overpowered, unconscious, and uncontrolled, and during treatment, they project the image of a fantasy person or "devil" onto the therapist, so the therapist is naturally threatened with death. Anyone who might persuade them to return to a normal life would be threatened by what might happen, and so would Jung.
The girl in the story finally trusts Jung and tells her story of betraying the devil in the story and attaching herself to an earthly man. As a result, she was able to return to life until she got married.
After a few more days, she found a job as a nurse in a nursing home. A doctor there wanted to get close to her, so the patient fired a shot at the reckless doctor, but fortunately, there was no major trouble, just some skin trauma.
At the end of the treatment, the last time "I" (Jung) saw her, she handed me the gun.
I was surprised and asked her why she was doing this, and he replied, "If you let me down, I'll shoot you!" ”
The shooting caused a storm, and after it subsided, she returned to her hometown, where she became a family and gave birth to several children, and her illness never recurred.
03: The psychotherapist should first establish a relationship of trust with the patient.
While most psychiatrists focus only on symptoms from the perspective of clinical pathology, Jung is reflecting on what the story behind symptoms is like. In his opinion, "crazy talk" also makes sense. He emphasizes that there is a latent symbolism in the patient's experiences and stories, so he strives to explore the symbolic things and the archetypal meaning behind the imagery.
Jung's "psychiatric treatment activities" also included research and lectures. Jung said: "I teach psychopathology as well as the Freud basic course on psychoanalysis as well as primitive human psychology, hypnosis, complex psychology, word association... The idea of word syndication became a clinical technique for studying the root or source of mental illness, which Freud greatly appreciated.
The doctor's task is to figure out how to get this information. In most cases, it is not enough to explore the material on the level of consciousness, and sometimes the association test can create a different path, interpret dreams and have long-term and patient contact with the patient, and psychotherapy must take the whole person into account, not just the symptoms. We have to question the patient's overall personality. - Jung
04: What conclusions can be drawn from the treatment of psychopaths?
In psychiatric cases, many patients have a story that was not told when they saw the doctor, and in general, no one knows these secret things.
It seems to me that only by gaining insight into these stories, which are purely their own, can they begin true healing. - Jung
This is the patient's secret, the boulder that shattered him to pieces. Knowing these secrets opens the door to healing.
Treatment varies from person to person. If a doctor tells you that he strictly follows this or that method, I would doubt the effectiveness of his treatment. There is a lot of talk in the literature about patient resistance, and it seems that doctors are trying to impose something on the patient, when in fact, healing should have happened naturally with the help of the patient's own strength.
Both psychotherapy and analytical therapy should be applied from person to person. I treat each patient differently as much as I can, because the solution to the problem is always personalized. When people propose universal laws, they must be reserved. Psychological truths are valid only if they can be turned upside down.
A solution that is completely unworthy of consideration for me may be the most appropriate solution for others. - Jung
Jung believed that psychologists must be familiar with and understand various methods, and must be careful to prevent themselves from falling into any particular, conventional method.
In general, one must be cautious about various theoretical assumptions. Jung believed that only a concrete understanding of each individual would do so. In the face of different patients, different statements and ways of speaking should be adopted.
In this analysis you may hear that I use the language of the Adelaide school, while in another analysis I may have used the language of the Freudian school. It's crucial that I approach every patient with a "this is an interaction between two people." The analysis takes the form of a dialogue that requires the participation of both people. The psychoanalyst sits face to face with the patient, looking at the doctor with all four eyes to have something to say, and so does the patient.
Jung, who was well versed in Freudian psychoanalysis, was familiar with the repressed subconscious world. But he believed that the subconscious view constructed from the repression of the individual's psychology was not convincing enough, so he did more in-depth research. His research interests include the occult, the interpretation of dreams and psychosis, and the paintings of children and ancient humans. Here I only introduce the treatment of psychiatric disease.
It is recommended that friends who study psychology can choose to read this book, which will definitely be full of gains.