X is literally that: it may sound bizarre
Does the highlighted section in the text below want to say "Although Klein's descriptions of infantile imaginations may sound cold and bizarre, they are actually feelings and anxieties presented to her by her mainly child patients (she has only quoted their speeches and the original speeches of these patients had been cold and bizarre)"?.
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It is important to remember that Klein’s account of infantile phantasy is literally that: it may sound bizarre presented coldly in this context, but Klein’s fantastical narrative explains feelings and anxieties presented to the analyst by her mainly child patients. The paranoid-schizoid position is a violent one. The infant is riddled with psychic aggression that is not only constitutional but also directed at the mother in an effort both to possess and destroy her, because she is perceived as the source of all good things, which the greedy infant wants.
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So now we know who Dr. Beverly Hofstadter is modeled on. catttt Does the highlighted section in the text below want to say "Although Klein's descriptions of infantile imaginations may sound cold and bizarre, they are actually feelings and anxieties presented to her by her mainly child patients (she has only quoted their speeches and the original speeches of these patients had been cold and bizarre)"?.
- So now we know who Dr.
- Beverly Hofstadter is modeled on.
- catttt Does the highlighted section in the text below want to say "Although Klein's descriptions of infantile imaginations may sound cold and bizarre, they are actually feelings and anxieties presented to her by her mainly child patients (she has only quoted their speeches and the original speeches of these patients had been cold and bizarre)"?.
- It is Klein's version of infant psychology that seems cold and bizarre, not the children themselves or their stories.
- She read between the lines of what the children told her.
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So now we know who Dr. Beverly Hofstadter is modeled on.
cattttDoes the highlighted section in the text below want to say "Although Klein's descriptions of infantile imaginations may sound cold and bizarre, they are actually feelings and anxieties presented to her by her mainly child patients (she has only quoted their speeches and the original speeches of these pat
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