On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored

Key Insight 1: Psychoanalysis: A Tool for Redescription, Not Just Cure

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Key Insight 2: The Unexamined Life Holds Profound Value

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Key Insight 3: Tickling: The Perilous Line Between Pleasure and Pain

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Key Insight 4: Phobias as Protective Theories Against Curiosity

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Key Insight 5: Worrying: A Self-Consuming, Muted Dream

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Key Insight 6: Solitude and Risk: Entrusting the Self to the Uncontrollable

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Key Insight 7: Composure: A Strategic Self-Holding Against Disarray

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Key Insight 8: Dreams: The Unknowable Experience of the Self

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Key Insight 9: Obstacles Are the Unconscious Clues to Desire

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Key Insight 10: Kissing: A Narcissistic Quest for Self-Satisfaction

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Key Insight 11: Playing Mothers: The Pitfalls of Prescriptive Psychoanalysis

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Key Insight 12: Idolatry: The Deep Roots of Belief in Childhood Longings

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