This sounds like he - the dreamer - the little boy who was trying to protect himself, via the overcoat - feeling insecure in his, now, vulnerable self. Especially since it's a reoccurring dream. Is this a psychotic episode or one of attempted self preservation? Who can blame him? The question I have is what if he had not connected with you. Mark did save him; there must be thousands of individuals similar to this gentleman who deteriorate into dementia, instead of becoming stabilized. I guess you addressed all my questions, as I write and think, as Mark speaks. How many practitioners of all sorts understand similar cases? Thanks for sharing.
“The Overcoat,” eh? Russian literature strikes again. I recall seeing a a man with early Lewy Body dementia who was having rather vivid hallucinations. He also happened to be a Buddhist priest and would dispel the various shapes and creatures by performing a short prayer and ritual. That way they wouldn’t bother him as much when they would appear at night.
Hobson, a physiologist(?) killed psychoanalysis in 1975+ Wow, a tragedy, in my mind.
This sounds like he - the dreamer - the little boy who was trying to protect himself, via the overcoat - feeling insecure in his, now, vulnerable self. Especially since it's a reoccurring dream. Is this a psychotic episode or one of attempted self preservation? Who can blame him?
The question I have is what if he had not connected with you. Mark did save him; there must be thousands of individuals similar to this gentleman who deteriorate into dementia, instead of becoming stabilized. I guess you addressed all my questions, as I write and think, as Mark speaks. How many practitioners of all sorts understand similar cases? Thanks for sharing.
“The Overcoat,” eh? Russian literature strikes again.
I recall seeing a a man with early Lewy Body dementia who was having rather vivid hallucinations. He also happened to be a Buddhist priest and would dispel the various shapes and creatures by performing a short prayer and ritual. That way they wouldn’t bother him as much when they would appear at night.
How long was the Buddhist able to keep the wolves away? Lewy body sounds organic, however. Not an initial loss of identity.