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(At last break I had asked that Seth deal with three questions tonight after finishing dictation on his book: 1. The ideas behind Jane’s exaggerated response to events, particularly fears. 2. The idea of physical activity on her part instead of suggestion. 3. I was curious to know something about the mechanics behind Jane’s slowed-up movements after she had been quiet for a while. That is, after she had been sitting for, say, half an hour, she was slow in getting up and under way, etc.

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.

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.