BETRAYAL AND HANGING,
SINCE ANTIQUITY.
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Hannibal Lecter, Psy.D., M.D. | Surgeon. Psychiatrist. Chef. FBI BAU Consultant. | Killer? Cannibal? Surely neither. | Philanthropist. Socialite. Sensualist. Renaissance man. Connoisseur of the finer things in life.
Well, think about it. When we profile a patient, or even each other, we aren't using a clean slate. We use our own psychological architecture as the blueprint.
In doing so with you, am I analyzing you, or am I merely validating my own need for order in a deeply disordered world?
No need to worry, Frederick. A Freudian crisis requires a level of chaotic internal friction that I simply do not possess. I merely find your perspective fascinating. Please, continue.
Perhaps it is, but isn’t the entire practice of psychoanalysis just a highly stylized form of projection? But — 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, let’s not turn a simple moment of academic curiosity into a Freudian crisis.
𝙃𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙀𝙍*, 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.
“There is a subtle shift in your posture today. A flicker of boredom, perhaps? Don't look away: we were just getting to the 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 part.”