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Atonement?????
posted: Sep. 16, 2018.
This is the time of year when Jews reach out to their friends, associates, and family, asking that they be forgiven for any wrongdoing which they did, intentionally or unintentionally Read more -
Freak shows for lack of insurance
posted: Sep. 10, 2018.
There are no longer any sideshows at the circus or at Coney Island. We are too refined, too evolved for such. But we watch freak shows nightly. They are inescapable. Read more -
Sam Surprises (in photo above, my father is in the middle)
posted: Sep. 02, 2018.
As I mentioned in a previous post, my father was non-verbal, relying more on facial tics and glowering expressions to communicate. Frequently, when frustrated, he strode out of the house.
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Hurray for our neck of the woods
posted: Aug. 17, 2018.
This city has a heck of a time selling itself, when it has so many splendid additions occurring daily. I was treated to a ride on the new NYC ferry service, Read more -
More things never to discuss with your therapist
posted: Aug. 20, 2018.
Last January, my dead father visited me on his yahrzeit. It was about 6:AM and I awokened suddenly to the sound of hissing. At first, I thought perhaps I had Read more -
Wombs are good
posted: Sep. 21, 2018.
Well, recently I posted that my mother has downsized from a room to a womb. I regret that statement. A womb is a place for potential to develop. An embryo
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Follow the fellow who follows the dream
posted: Oct. 16, 2018.
The title of this post probably accurately diagnosis my problem: I'm alone in this world. I have never married. Never successfully maintained a relationship with a romantic partner. I meet Read more -
On reading "Crime and Punishment" for the third time
posted: Aug. 15, 2018.
Every decade (or so) I find myself re-reading "Crime & Punishment." The first time, I was 19. I was an English major and it was required reading. I was reading Read more -
Not all hallucinations are psychotic
posted: Sep. 28, 2018.
Recently I wrote on how mental health professionals jump to psychosis when a patient claims to have experienced auditory, visual, gustatory, olfactory, or tactile hallucinations. Since "everyone" knows these
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Who is crazy? Us--not the patients
posted: Aug. 14, 2018.
With Apologies to Ferenczi, who wondered whether it was the psychologist or the paiient. After lo, these many a year, I no long wonder.
I have always been curious about the
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Loss, unambiguous
posted: Nov. 11, 2018.
My mother and father married and moved into a one-bedroom in Flatbush. Eight years, two children, and a job in NJ later, they moved into a four-bedroom quarter acre split
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Shrinks unhinged
posted: Aug. 30, 2018.
Earlier in this blog section I mentioned that ever since my first therapy encounter (usually with psychologists, but two with social workers), I would at some point be called, "arrogant Read more -
Lehman Hall is on fire.
posted: Jul. 24, 2018.
No one tells you about the black walls or the lingering aftersmell of a fire. Just thinking about it: I can't breathe. In mid October, 1978, the Friday Read more -
History repeats itself: lastly as a farce. Not by Karl Marx
posted: Jul. 24, 2018.
Déjà vu all over again? By: Sharon R. Kahn, Ph.D, NYCPsych His administrative staff’s life span is more fleeting than that of the sheep-liver fluke. Read more -
Ambiguous Loss
posted: Jul. 24, 2018.
Malevolent transformations, post-ambiguous loss.
Sharon R. Kahn, Ph.D
[I wrote this three years ago. The only thing that has changed is my mother is now in a rehab facility in NJ].
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