Sublime

“The Long Arm of Childhood Trauma,”

Freud and Breuer’s Studies on Hysteria,

perfectly illustrates the centrality of guilt in sexual fantasies.

defensively nonintimate

Curiosity comes out of a sense of safety; rigidity out of being vigilant to threats.

Safe social behavior and playing with others may make us more resilient to trauma.

forensic investigator of small data, or emotional DNA—a hunter, almost, of desire—a

to

As you can see, working with early attachment issues is very delicate business, and clearly not every therapist or form of therapy is suited to it.