I am coming late into the discussion of Dr.Kusch's patient but without even knowig all the details of case,some knowledge of the psychopathology of male homosexuals will help a lot. For starters,homosexuals have terrible problems with submiisivness;that is they have an impossible time not giving in to the requests and demands of others. They are guilt ridden,not just garden variety guilt but industrial strength guilt.And since this guy is so paranoid,so uable to defend himself from both internal as well as external blame,the treatment will be very difficult and slow and difficult. I would enture a guess that in early childhood his father was clearly absent and his mother(probaby very blaming and maybe crazy herself) ruled hs life. So he will need his therapist to be a string father figure to defend aganist people who wish to exploit his guilt-his everpresent sense of blame. By the way,guys like this will take even a gentle interpretation as a pu down so one has to not make too many comments but be supportive of their suffering. He will also not "reallY' get too close to the therapist(submission is really not close intimacy) and he's worry that (1)his mother will disapprove of his forming atachments to anyone bt herand (2)if he gets close,he feels the price of admission to any kind of love will be to allow himself to be used. He may even test the therapist by saying he has sexual thoughts about him.It;s just his way of wanting to identify with a male,to repair the male inferiority complex he has acquired (not)growing up in his familiy. He will need the therapist to help him act like a normal strong man-to argue,defend himself,disagre ehave strong opinons. But this guy is quite ill.He probably will also feel thatif anyone is nice to him,he'll have to act grateful and sleep with them.He will also fear women since he'll ave to worry about hurting them so much with his presence.I have a hunch the mother was extermely fragile and retaliated anytime any man opposed her.That is she hates strong men. I nhave no idea how the case is going but it s essential that our knowledge of what causes and produces the symptom of homosexuality in males be brought to bear in this case.The theory here is that the homosexuality is a very massive defense against the normal development into adult heterosexuality. The treatment will need the therapist to let the patent identify with a string man who is not afraid to oppose others,not afraid to upset the feelings of women etc.To point out to the patuent that he submits not becasue he is weak but because he doesn't want anyone to get mad at him and blame him. By the way Dr.Kusch talks about his client,I think the patient is in good hands. The work will be very slow and take a very long time before he will have close to normal social relationships. I am eager to see how the treatment unfolds.
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