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Setting Up the System<br > of Self-Punishment<br >Some years ago a patient of mine, during her first analytic ses-<br >sion, recounted a fairy tale she had carried with her since child-<br >hood, one that seemed to have special significance for her. The<br >tale she told me was this.<br > Once upon a time there was a handsome prince whose ship<br >was wrecked at sea. Everyone aboard perished except the prince,<br >wl~ was rescued by a little mermaid and taken to safety on an<br >island. When a second ship appeared and carried the prince off to<br > -r<br >his l~?meland, the mermaid, who had fallen desperately in love<br >with him, vowed that she would follow and claim him. Seeking<br >advice on how to accomplish this, she traveled through treacher-<br >ous seas to the lair of the sea witch. "You will come to grief ff you<br >attempt this,~ the witch warned, but seeing that the merr~__~<br >would not be deterred, she agreed to grant her her wish. She gave<br >the mermaid a potion to drink that caused her tail to wither and<br >be replaced by legs. The mernuaid was now as beautiful as any<br >mortal on earth, but every step she took was agonizingly painful.<br >The mermaid was glad to bear this suffering, however, and sd<br >out for the land of her prince. Alas, as she arrived, the prince s<br >marriage to another was already in progress, and the little mer-<br >maid, witne~_ ing this, fell into a fatal swoon. Upon her death, the<br >other menmids lamented that she had not even gained an im-<br >mortal soul. She could only have possessed that had she won the<br >love of a human.<br > This story is a neady perfect parable of masochism, for it ex-<br ><br >
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Sweet Suffering pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024