Psychoanalysis

Nicolas 2021-12-22 08:01:02

And as said at the beginning of the film, this is a story about psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis is a modern method of dealing with the emotional problems of healthy people. The analyst only asks for the patient to discover its hidden problems. Make it open. Once the plot surrounding the patient is revealed and explained, the patient’s pain and confusion will disappear, and irrational demons will be expelled from the human soul.

The content of the story tells that the famous JB hero once served in the army and served as a combat soldier, so there is a shadow and tension in his heart. In order to alleviate this state, he finds Dr. Edward, hoping that he can help himself to get out of this Kind of shadow. At this time, Dr. Edward happened to be on vacation, so he invited JB to go skiing in a certain ski resort and have treatment at the same time. Unfortunately, during the vacation, Dr. Edward was killed, but JB always felt that because of his childhood criminal psychology. It was himself who killed the psychiatrist. But in order to get rid of the police investigation and his own guilt and fear, he turned into Doctor Edward and went to the new hospital as the new dean. Later, JB met Doctor Peterson in the hospital, and the two fell in love. But because his identity was exposed, he had to embark on the road of fleeing. Doctor Peterson followed him just to help JB treat his psychological problems. She also firmly believes in his innocence, and uses psychoanalysis to try to remind JB of that childhood. . . .

Let’s first understand the symptoms of our protagonist JB’s mental illness: for the
first time, when JB and Doctor Peterson met at the dinner table for the first time, Doctor Peterson engraved a mark on the tablecloth with a fork, and the mark on the table made JB Quite uncomfortable.
The second time, JB saw the lines on Peterson’s pajamas, so he suddenly felt physical discomfort and emotional ups and downs. The
third time, on the operating table, he became emotionally out of control, and then fainted
. Four times, in the process of reminiscing with Dr. Peterson, he saw the injured skin, and JB became irritable for the
fifth time. When buying a ticket at the train station, the iron railing at the ticket window made him stay away. It was accompanied by symptoms of head discomfort for the
sixth time. On the train, when I discussed with Dr. Peterson about his past experience as a soldier, this topic made JB uncomfortable and his temper became bad.
For the seventh time, at Dr. Erics’s house, JB saw the wool in the shaving foam, the white background of the tiles with black lines, and the lines on the white sheets. . . The temper changed suddenly.
For the eighth time, seeing the white snow scene outside the window and the traces left by the sled passing by, JB felt unwell. . .
For the ninth time, in the dining car, Dr. Peterson's knife and fork made JB feel depressed.

From the above performance, it can be seen that because certain things have caused damage to JB’s spirit, causing him to see something like white, lines and other things, or try to recall past events, JB’s body will have discomfort, including his head. Physiological reactions such as discomfort, severe change in temperament, and fainting. This is due to an experience in my childhood. When JB was a child, because he slipped from the handrail on a snowy day and caused his brother to crash into the iron railing to death, he has long felt that he killed his brother. Therefore, in future life, as long as you see things related to this tragedy, you will have a physiological reaction.
Because the things in his childhood made JB feel very tortured and made him very mentally painful, in order to get rid of this state, the patient himself will develop a defense mechanism. These memories that do not want to recall are consciously screened, and then hidden in the subconscious. The defense mechanism seems to be It has the nature of self-deception, that is to say, it works by concealing/disguising the true motivation of oneself, or denying the existence of impulses, behaviors, and memories that may cause anxiety. It is a kind of blocking a certain psychological process to make oneself A way to protect yourself from anxiety.
Although there is a defense mechanism that allows patients to "amnesia" without recalling the unpleasantness, the memories hidden in the subconscious sometimes surface from time to time due to the intervention of the outside world, but because the individual himself is subjective and does not want to remember, the reaction becomes The physical effect is improved.

Therefore, if you want to truly solve the patient's physical problems, you should analyze it from a mental perspective to find the cause of the problem. And dig it out. Ultimately achieve the effect of radical cure. During treatment, if the patient has the opportunity to release those suppressed emotions that threaten psychological balance or cause some psychological symptoms, the symptoms can be alleviated.

In the film, Doctor Peterson uses psychoanalysis and dream analysis to finally help the hero find the key to the problem.

Before treatment, the ultimate goal is the mutual trust between the patient and the doctor. So Peterson kept asking him: "Can you believe me?" Peterson began to ask JB if he remembered the past and what happened.

In the hotel, she hinted that he "obviously you are a doctor." This is JB's past. Through this, Dr. Peterson began to hope that the patient could recall some past events. Because even if it is a little bit of recall, so many memories may all appear. Including the injury on JB's hand, as well as hope that he will recall, the location and ticket of the train with Dr. Edward. And later at Erics’s house to guide him to recall which ski resort he went to and so on.
But it seems that JB still thinks he is a murderer because he doesn't know who he is or what he did. From this we can see that he has a strong criminal mind.

In treatment, in addition to asking the patient to recall past events, sometimes it is necessary to analyze dreams. JB dreamed that he and Dr. Edward were in the casino, and then the casino owner came to cover his face. Said that Dr. Edward sent a thousand to drive him out. Then I dreamt that I watched Doctor Edward fall down the cliff, and the casino owner threw a wheel away on the roof. And he was chased by a monster with elder wings who didn't know what his name was. . . Through the analysis of dreams, it can be known that the roof indicates a valley and forms a ski resort with snow. Wing and Doctor Peterson think of angels. From this, the name of the ski resort is Archangel Valley. Later, the development of the plot revealed that the casino owner was the murderer who killed Dr. Edward, who was the last Mr. Dean. Because the dean was about to be replaced by Dr. Edward, murder prevented him from replacing himself. This just reflects the plot of the casino owner driving away the dream doctor Edward. The wheel thrown by the casino owner in the dream is the pistol that killed Dr. Edward in the real world. In this case. Dream made a good interpretation.

At the end of the treatment, it is necessary to bring the patient back to the place where the incident occurred and allow the patient to face the scene in memory. In the film, Doctor Peterson took JBl to the Valley of the Angels where the incident occurred. In the process of skiing, jb finally recalled his childhood childhood. Opened the knot. Therefore, in treatment, it is not enough to rely on retrospection alone. It is necessary to continuously shock the brain's memory, and through practice, the reappearance of the picture restores the memory.

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Extended Reading
  • Amelia 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    The translation of "disturbed love" is very delicate. As long as he is as handsome as Gregory Peck, even if he has mental problems, he can capture the hearts of beautiful doctors like Ingrid Bergman, and make her do her best for her illness and case. . A few suspense about "scratch" pave the way well. The surreal dream is very distinctive, and after checking it, it turned out to be designed by Dali. This film should be the originator of all kinds of psychological suspense films today.

  • Jordy 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    The male protagonist is handsome and real, and the female protagonist is beautiful, intelligent and absolutely brave! Confronting the murderer can also make him turn to kill you to suicide. Psychoanalysis is fun.

Spellbound quotes

  • Constance Petersen: All analysts have to be psychoanalyzed by other analysts before they start practicing.

    John Ballantine: Ahhh, that's to make sure that they're not too crazy.

  • John Ballantine: If there's anything I hate, it's a smug woman.