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Often Ruburt’s failures would still be successes by other standards. Do you follow me?

In an attempt to discover the reason for the persistence of the symptoms, he began to concentrate upon those in quotes “negative “ aspects of his personality. The overconcentration continued the symptoms, and the symptoms themselves became exaggerated in his mind. Do you follow me?

(Seth-Jane looked at me, pausing, with a half-comical, half at-last expression that again made me laugh.)

He is so confused about the reasons for his condition that he literally did not know where to turn, and so he turned to me.

He knows how long you work at a painting before you are satisfied, and he felt that you might be hurt by my book, seemingly so effortlessly written. So he had to make it more difficult. Do you follow me?

(This is very important. Seth is right. Jane didn’t see the humor, at first, and was still questioning me about this several days after this session was held. But we are making progress now.)

To him, because you are in good health, he took this to mean that you were therefore better than he was, closer to perfection. When you felt at your best he felt accused. Do you follow me?

(Seth’s delivery was very friendly here. I’ve told Jane before that typing up this material has always been a job I do gladly, since I believe in it and regard it as having a vital part of a work that is both highly creative and original. It also gives me an opportunity to do some writing on my own in conjunction with Seth’s own data and this I enjoy greatly.

It is all connected. The trouble is that when the early environmental conditions, which helped set up the episode, ceased operating strongly, the pattern of behavior was set, and used then for other psychological purposes as noted. (Important!) Past environmental episodes have little now to do with the symptoms. The data given this evening relates to the present situation. Now, the cat lover’s attitude has a healthy effect on Ruburt, regardless of its basic legitimate nature. Do you follow me?

(Jane didn’t know I was going to ask this question. Nor had I planned upon doing so; the idea came to me a few minutes ago.)

She also feels that because he has been so busy he has been away from home more often, and because of his worries, less attentive. The symptoms also serve to say “Remember me. I need your care and attention also.” Quite simply, she is saying “I hurt because you hurt.”

She is saying “You are not only hurting yourself, but you are hurting me also.” Symbolically, the malady is expressing her attitude perfectly. She is strongly dependent upon the Jesuit, even while she appears, and is in many ways solitary and aggressive; and she is afraid that their intimate life might suffer if the acceleration of his work experience is continued, and if his attitude toward it does not change.

(“No. I’d like to read over the material about Jane and me first.”)