From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Wed Sep 04 2002 - 10:18:35 MDT
On 4 Sep 2002 at 11:13, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
> On 4 Sep 2002 at 0:16, Archibald Scatflinger wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > > The difference between the neurotic and the psychotic is that the
> > > neurotic frown quite a lot, while the psychotic smile all the
> > > time.
>
The neurotic frowns a lot because he's not completely crazy, and
knows that something is wrong; the psychotic smiles all the time
because he IS completely crazy, and for him everything is always just
keachy peen.
>
> psychotic: adjective; term indicating gross
> impairment in recognizing > reality. The term may be used to describe
> a person's behavior at a > given time or a mental disorder in which
> the person has lost touch > with reality. The most prominent psychotic
> symptoms are delusions and > hallucinations. > > PSYCHOSIS: A mental
> condition whereby the patient completely loses > touch with reality.
> Freud originally distinguished between neurosis > and psychosis in the
> following way: "in neurosis the ego suppresses > part of the id out of
> allegiance to reality, whereas in psychosis it > lets itself be
> carried away by the id and detached from a part of > reality" (5.202).
> > > Reality (Re*al"i*ty) (?), n.; pl. Realities (#). > [Cf. F.
> réalité, LL. realitas. See 3d Real. and cf. 2d Realty.] > > 1. The
> state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of >
> anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact. "A man fancies >
> that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend >
> his meaning." Addison. 2. That which is real; an actual existence; >
> that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has >
> objective existence, and is not merely an idea. "And to realities >
> yield all her shows." Milton. "My neck may be an idea to you, but it >
> is reality to me." Beattie. > > NEUROSIS (neuroses, neurotic) : The
> formation of behavioral or > psychosomatic symptoms as a result of the
> return of the repressed. A > neurosis represents an instance where the
> ego's efforts to deal with > its desires through repression,
> displacement, etc. fail: "A person > only falls ill of a neurosis if
> his ego has lost the capacity to > allocate his libido in some way"
> (Introductory Lectures 16.387). The > failure of the ego and the
> increased insistence of the libido lead to > symptoms that are as bad
> or worse than the conflict they are designed > to replace. This term
> should be carefully distinguished from > psychosis. > > smile (n): a
> change of facial expression involving a brightening of > the eyes and
> an upward curving of the corners of the mouth that may > express
> amusement, pleasure, affection, irony, or derision ... > > VERB:
> Inflected forms: frowned, frown·ing, frowns > > INTRANSITIVE VERB: 1.
> To wrinkle the brow, as in thought or > displeasure. 2. To regard
> something with disapproval or distaste: > frowned on the use of so
> much salt in the food. TRANSITIVE VERB: To > express (disapproval, for
> example) by wrinkling the brow. NOUN: A > wrinkling of the brow in
> thought or displeasure; a scowl. ETYMOLOGY: > Middle English frounen,
> from Old French froigner, to turn up one's > nose, from frogne,
> grimace, of Celtic origin. > > > assume > > \As*sume"\, v. i. 1. To be
> arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than > is due. --Bp. Burnet. >
> > 2. To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to >
> suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively. > > >
>
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