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Now I have a few comments. Do you want a break first?

(“That’s what I’ve been wondering about. Shall we forget about other kinds of suggestion for now?”)

Ruburt’s list about what he will do when he is completely well is a good idea. Except that as an act of faith you see he should begin to carry out some of those points now.

Now this shows him that he can act resolutely in the physical world, that he can express himself through his body, that he can be physically assertive. It combats the lack of confidence that had built up.

The exaggeration of negative influences was brought about because of the repression. Now, for example: so as not to bother you, Ruburt made it a point of conscience to speak to your mother on the phone for you, and not call you, when he did not want to do so. Very seldom was he even aware of his true feelings here, and when he was he was ashamed of them, and was 10 times nicer to your mother to cover up the feelings from all of you.

Now you may end the session, take a break, or ask more questions as you prefer.

(“Now about my question number 3, involving motion?”)

To some large degree. Expectation now (underlined) is important here, and the fact that he got into the habit of denying impulses toward motion—by blocking, often, not the impulse so much as the motor response.

After sitting and blocking such impulses or responses, then it is only natural that the blockage pattern is set up. Now suddenly he wants to get up without blockage.

When his mind is engrossed as a rule the blockage is far less unless he suddenly remembers and thinks “Oh, now I will have difficulty getting up.” Giving into the impulses (to motion) then will automatically work, and give him confidence that the impulses can indeed be followed through.

Now. There are several issues involved here, and we will not get to all of them this evening, but I will return to the subject at the end of dictation.

Now. (Long pause.) Some of the motor response blockage is continued in sleep. (Long pause.) Feeling sore for so long has built up the feeling of awakening in the morning in the same way. Countering gentle, imaginative exercises would help here, not involving getting up per se, however; to see himself dressed and in excellent spirits, serving your breakfast for example—not necessarily the following morning, but simply to entertain the pleasant image.

I will take that up with this idea of motion and response. I cannot answer it for you in five minutes. But I will tell you that expectation is highly pertinent here on both of your parts.... Now I bid you a fond good evening, and I will go into the weight problem rather thoroughly, after dictation.