Religion
Related: About this forumAnyone remember "anal retentive" as a descriptive term.
Perhaps it should be resurrected on the Internet. I remember several overly-religious people for whom the term was precisely on-target. Perhaps you do too.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_retentiveness
LisaM
(27,813 posts)I think people have just shortened it to "anal", is all. Which I still hear frequently.
edhopper
(33,584 posts)it was Freudian bullshit (as far as causation) but very descriptive of certain people.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Constipation.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)To describe someone who is well, the opposite.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_expulsiveness
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)But that reaction was worth it.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I read three of his books at about 19. I got some insights from them, but also remember thinking it wasn't the whole story. I moved on from there to find a synthesis of ideas.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Which was more of philosophical work than psychological, and I think it still holds up pretty well when you lookat how barbaric "civilized" people can be.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)So, I probably won't take the time to read it now.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)By all accounts, he was expelling shit since he was a toddler.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)It just lends itself well to those who are heavily invested in mythology and wear it on their sleeve.