Analogic amplification

• Impediment by Margaret Blakely, 3/11/96
  • analogic amplification by Don Nathanson, 3/12/96
    
    

Of course. I got it. You make it soooo simple, and then I feel so stupid that I've been studying this stuff for nigh onto what? a year and a half? Two? oh well, whatever. Makes the concept of shame "spirals" make total sense as well.

The study group met today and someone commented on the fact that Tomkins doesn't seem to address imagery and consciousness very much. He talked about both in the first volume and I suppose he may go back to it later on...or maybe we've just forgotten a bunch of stuff (which is more likely than not!) Anyway, building on what you just said, a shame MOOD (or a state of "depression" --- don't hit me) would be a case of shame amplifying shame amplifying shame amplifying shame. If it happens, say, overnight, with no obvious stimulus, could there be something malfunctioning in the consciousness-managing mechanism? Or, put another way, why would it choose to stay slightly below the conscious level rather than pop up where it could be recognized more easily?

• each affect amplifies its own way by Don Nathanson, 3/13/96