The Patient and The Doctor

During the many long months of analysis, The Patient reveals a frightening past. He was the
only child in a marriage that was created because of his conception. His father was a butcher
and hated him, often hitting him. The Patient tells The Doctor he would never cry after
being beaten by his father, because he did not want to be weak like his mother.
She spent her time in bed, sick and depressed because of her loveless marriage, and made her
son the sole object of her affections.

The Patient as a young boy The Patient and his mother

The Patient was alienated by other children in his neighborhood because of his fathers
publical drunken escapades. These would also involve other women, who he would
bring home from bars in front of The Patients mother, torturing her.
Witnessing her pain, the patient felt responsible for his mothers happiness but admits he never
felt sorry for her, because she was weak. The Patient also had a strong disrespect for
authority as a child, but at the same time had a quick mind and did well in school. Not
having friends, The Patient regarded this as being "special." He daydreamed
and had fantasies, including having an imaginary friend who he treated as his father treated him.
He also fantasized of killing his mother.

The Patients Father

The Patient often worked for his father in his butcher shop as a cashier, despite his intense
fear of blood. His father knew of this fear and in one intense episode his father taunts him
with a piece of raw, bloody meat. The Patient left home at 15 years of age and
never returned, living in the streets.

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