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(Here is a summary of our free-association material for Monday afternoon, May 7, 1984:
[... 3 paragraphs ...]
(This is a summary of our free-association material for Tuesday, May 8, 1984 — Jane’s 55th birthday:
[... 5 paragraphs ...]
(May 9: Jane read the free-association material for the two previous days, and did quite well indeed. She read portions of it very rapidly. As we discussed it a little she reminded me that she still experienced feelings of isolation at times. I said they might be normal enough, that everyone was essentially isolated, or at least alone, since no one else could live their life for them. They couldn’t be born for them or die for them. At the same time I knew what she meant — that she needed pretty steady or even constant reinforcement in the world.
[... 1 paragraph ...]
(After her lunch and reading of the free-association material, Jane said she didn’t really know what to do with herself. I started work on fan mail, which has begun to pile up again. At 3:45, Jane said she sensed or felt a “larger you” — meaning me — about her. It was a hard thing to describe, she said, and echoed my question about it being my own entity, or a portion thereof. She felt a great love from the entity. If it could be described at all, she said, it could be “circular,” though really it had no form in that sense.
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(See my note at the conclusion of the free-association material for May 7, at the beginning of this session.)
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