To: Berney who wrote (7079 ) 10/18/1999 6:51:00 PM From: MonsieurGonzo Read Replies (2) | Respond to
TB:" Them "money = "well being" in an un-controlled system with no apparent purpose or, personal participation.chronic delusion for, if we prove that "the other" is not real, then "the self" cannot exist. You can see how the writer equates the existence of "the other" with his own existence through his writings...suffering . Paranoid personalities and delusions were the most difficult forms of character that my father (a psychoanalyst) ever dealt with, he once told me. The delusions are often complex knots , the people themselves often above-average intelligence - to create and sustain these fantasies = defenses.not acknowledging the paranoid delusion - whatever it may happen to be - disavows the very existence, well-being of the believer, and "dissolves" the self... the paranoid character then becomes schizophrenic; ie., "loses him self" in a catharsis - in which he loses trust not only in the "other", but in his own "self"; his own feelings, judgement, and perceptions of the world around him.
