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By: Judy

Judy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:16:38 +0000

Oh, MAN, I thought I had it all figured out and then read the blog qbout the two Castros and the Stealth, and then all I could see was the two things playing pattycake. Oh, and a Manta Ray with a short tail. I’ll have to ask my colleagues in the “field” if I have a stunted imagination, or too suggestible or too distractible, etc, etc. On the other hand, they aren’t into that either. Thank God.

By: Rome

Rome — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:01:38 +0000

Information is free, we should keep it that way.

By: John Skulavik

John Skulavik — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:34:43 +0000

Like George Carlin Said: It all BS and it’s bad for you!

By: William

William — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:14:10 +0000

As Carole S point out, I,too, thought Rorschach was discredited long ago. Perhaps those who still profess to believe in Rorschach and Freud should do a little research on the basis of Freud dream interpretations. These came to him while he was on cocaine highs. He spent years in Paris drying out from his cocaine addiction. Look it up. Well, yes, I guess I don’t have the focus. You see, I thought trying to fill in the gaps, trying to discern a pattern, and trying to make sense out of nonsense was a hard-wired attribute of our brain. Brain researchers see this as just part of our survival instinct (face recognition is one part). An inkblot is just an inkblot but the brain will often try to make something meaningful out of it. Seeing an inkbot as just an inkblot has nothing to do with imagination or lack thereof and has nothing to do with dishonesty. The real dishonesty is the attempt to coerce someone to see something they don’t see and then cite them for lack of imagination. Snake oil is snake oil no matter how you try to package it.

By: PeggyM

PeggyM — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:05:27 +0000

The ink stains are just one attempt to get into the mind of the person, a shortcut. There really is no secret other than what is in the mind of the person interpreting and the person recording the interpretation. It’s a pretty simple process made complicated by those who do not understand the focus. When a person goes in for therapy it is not because life is great; it is because there is a problem that most people are unaware of exactly and having someone look at an abstract image and state what the image looks like can give clues to the exact problem and not just the immediate problem that brought the person into therapy. It’s an ice breaker. It is entirely up to the person to be honest. If you see one thing but tell me another, at $150/hr, I got all the time in the world to figure out why you are afraid of exposing your inner mind. If you see boobs in all the pictures whether you are male or female and you are seeing me because of relationship issues, it gives us a starting point. If you honestly see just a stain with no image, that does mean there is a problem with your imagination, it just means you see a stain. Ink stains are not an indication of sanity but it uses a doorway into the workings of the mind since imagination or rather perception, makes up the majority of our reality. There is no wrong answer but in order for it to work, the person should be honest otherwise, like I said, at $150/hr, I have all the time in the world to help you figure out your problems. We can travel the long costly road of dishonesty, or the cheaper and most effective way with honesty. It’s your money that buys my time and experience. The question is not with what you see in the ink stain but how honest you are willing to be. The only secrets are your own.

By: Elithian

Elithian — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:58:22 +0000

I read some of these posts and others in various threads on the topic. As usual we have those who think, out of sheer ignorance, that the field of psychology has nothing to offer and that psychologists, in spite of spending a lifetime doing so, know nothing about people. It is all interesting talk but crumbles like a house of cards when the first real need appears. I wish I could count all the hours I have spent with people who no one else cares about. The reality is we do what no one else wants to do but should do. It is when the natural support system fails that we become valuable.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:04:55 +0000

I see a stealth bomber……hmmmmm….what does that mean?

By: lee

lee — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:26:51 +0000

to be called sexual because i see boobs in all of them… what a rip!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:08:54 +0000

The Rorschach is still all about how honest you are about what you “see” in the picture, AND which picture you are going to speak out loud because I’ll bet that any one looking at the picture above could actually see several different things at once. If your sane or crazy you will sit and wonder “should I tell them I see a butterfly or tell them I see a person siting in a chair in front of a mirror and sneezing with their hand on the mirror?” It’s all relative, there is no scientific basis whatsoever and I hated each time I’ve had those darn things put in front of me. If I gave the most honest answer I could and said “Ink blot” they encouraged me to use my imagination “what do you SEE in the ink blot?” What a load of crap.

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