Episode 33.The Phantom of Emptiness. On the Psychodynamics of White Depression.
Lives of the Unconscious. A Podcast on Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
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How to Win Over Your Father's Love
Even disinterested parents are not normally evil, but rather parents who in a very childlike way are themselves in need of attention and love. When neither charm nor anger nor hopeless pleas are able to resurrect and win over the father, the child will stop trying and retreat into resignation. At the same time, something vital will be internalized from that experience. What I do, what I feel, what I am is meaningless to the other person. No matter how much I love him, I can't bring him to show interest in me. No matter what I do. Here is the pivotal transition to white depression.
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