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Hi friends. By the way, I am gratefull to all you who so generously have contributed your time so that I can enjoy IT even more. Thanks Livvy, Babeeblues, Paxon2, Jolie, everyone! Thank you!
Another one:
Before Laura/Season-1 vanishes from our memories completely? At the time I was just discovering IT and I really did not pay as much attention as in season2; even deleted whatever I had from season-1 off my DVR? but I am still curious about it.
I remember quite a bit, but not clear on the entire thing... so what better place than this one to go over it? (smile)
LAURA/SEASON-1:
I remember that Laura lost her mother at a young age (14, 15?). Her father was depressed and she had to take care of him for a year or so, and apparently this was very hard on her. At some point she went away and lived with a married couple for some time?a summer I believe...
- I am not sure if am confusing it with Sophie?s story here ?
But I believe Laura was attracted the husband of the couple, but never were more than friends. Years later (don?t recall exactly the length) She did have a sexual affair with the guy when he came to her area on business of some kind and then went to visit her at her fathers home and had dinner with them (I don?t recall the city).
The guy became a regular at the house and during this time they did have a sexual affair. I am not sure if this was her first sexual experience but apparently it was important in her life, some how? I believe Laura said to Paul in one of the sessions that she seduced the guy (.. not sure here...), but Paul was railing her about the guy taking advantage of a situation because he was much older than her and in doing so, damaged her somehow.
Ok, so that is what I remember? So please set me straight. I would like to know the following:
In general: What exactly was the problem with Laura?
-What precisely brought her to Paul? How did she choose Paul? (yellow pages, a recommendation?)
-Why and when did she get so hooked on Paul? (Unlike Mia, I don?t recall she was lonesome? So what was she trying to fill in her life with Paul?
-We know that Paul liked her a lot (could we say in love with her?). Why?... was it just physical attraction? Or just his desire to ?rescue? her?
-Finally, if you can pinpoint what her ?problem? was? Was it resolved? I know she decided she had enough of therapy? that she was finally convinced Paul did return her affections and decided to move on... Then, the miracle of miracles? Paul went to her house to love her? but then he had the anxiety attack and well, he left? And that was it ! ????
My only conclusion here is their romance was simply a case of "mutual transference?" Although I never heard this conclusion anywhere... Because for two people who were so "crazy" about each other - in their own way - isn't it strange that neither one has ever tried contacting the other one?
Does that make sense?????
EL
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Re: ...and what about LAURA, still curious - help :)
May 30, 2009 9:29 PM
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> In general: What exactly was the problem with
> Laura?
EL- It depends on who you ask...many people see this differently. For example, you ask a psychotherapist, he/or she might say she was borderline. You ask a guy who just broke up with his girlfriend, he might say she was a b----, you ask someone who had similar experiences, he/or she might say was ashamed, and suffered from low self esteem. No one can say with exactness what Laura's "problem " really was.
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> -What precisely brought her to Paul? How did she
> choose Paul? (yellow pages, a recommendation?)
I can't say for certain, but I think her boyfriend/fiancee might have known him. But that doesn't necessarily mean he referred her.
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> -Why and when did she get so hooked on Paul?
> (Unlike Mia, I don?t recall she was lonesome? So
> what was she trying to fill in her life with
> Paul?
I think in one episode she tells Paul she has "loved" him for over a year... so when? A long time before the series began....Why? She was probably experiencing erotic transference.
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> -We know that Paul liked her a lot (could we say
> in love with her?). Why?... was it just physical
> attraction? Or just his desire to ?rescue? her?
I can only speculate here, but I think Paul did love her. I think tranference is in everyday life, and many relationships and marriages are formed, as a result of some degree of transference. Paul probably experienced some counter-transference, but he was being supervised by Gina and fought her each time she tried to question his "love" for her. She finally acknowledges, that love is bigger than any rules.
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> -Finally, if you can pinpoint what her ?problem?
> was? Was it resolved? I know she decided she
> had enough of therapy? that she was finally convinced
> Paul did return her affections and decided to move
> on... Then, the miracle of miracles? Paul went to her
> house to love her? but then he had the anxiety attack
> and well, he left? And that was it ! ????
You asked earlier if Paul was trying to rescue Laura? I think, it was Laura trying to rescue Paul....Laura once told Paul she saw him as someone who was dead ( I forget the exact words she used but she insinuated that Paul was not experiencing life to it's fullest). She felt , in many ways, she brought him back to life. Many will say she was manipulating him, that it was just a game for her, but I see it quite differently than most. I think Laura really did have genuine feelings for Paul. In many ways, she knew Paul better than he knew himself. How often was that confirmed later in his sessions with Gina?
Regardless, if Paul had slept with Laura while he was her therapist... he would have been recreating her past. Where someone with power, she loved and trusted harmed her. In the end, I think he recognized this.
> My only conclusion here is their romance was simply a
> case of "mutual transference?" Although I never heard
> this conclusion anywhere... Because for two people
> who were so "crazy" about each other - in their own
> way - isn't it strange that neither one has ever
> tried contacting the other one?
>
> Does that make sense?????
>
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> EL
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...and what about LAURA, still curious - help :)
May 30, 2009 7:19 PM
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Hi friends. By the way, I am gratefull to all you who so generously have contributed your time so that I can enjoy IT even more. Thanks Livvy, Babeeblues, Paxon2, Jolie, everyone! Thank you!
Another one:
Before Laura/Season-1 vanishes from our memories completely? At the time I was just discovering IT and I really did not pay as much attention as in season2; even deleted whatever I had from season-1 off my DVR? but I am still curious about it.
I remember quite a bit, but not clear on the entire thing... so what better place than this one to go over it? (smile)
LAURA/SEASON-1:
I remember that Laura lost her mother at a young age (14, 15?). Her father was depressed and she had to take care of him for a year or so, and apparently this was very hard on her. At some point she went away and lived with a married couple for some time?a summer I believe...
- I am not sure if am confusing it with Sophie?s story here ?
But I believe Laura was attracted the husband of the couple, but never were more than friends. Years later (don?t recall exactly the length) She did have a sexual affair with the guy when he came to her area on business of some kind and then went to visit her at her fathers home and had dinner with them (I don?t recall the city).
The guy became a regular at the house and during this time they did have a sexual affair. I am not sure if this was her first sexual experience but apparently it was important in her life, some how? I believe Laura said to Paul in one of the sessions that she seduced the guy (.. not sure here...), but Paul was railing her about the guy taking advantage of a situation because he was much older than her and in doing so, damaged her somehow.
Ok, so that is what I remember? So please set me straight. I would like to know the following:
In general: What exactly was the problem with Laura?
-What precisely brought her to Paul? How did she choose Paul? (yellow pages, a recommendation?)
-Why and when did she get so hooked on Paul? (Unlike Mia, I don?t recall she was lonesome? So what was she trying to fill in her life with Paul?
-We know that Paul liked her a lot (could we say in love with her?). Why?... was it just physical attraction? Or just his desire to ?rescue? her?
-Finally, if you can pinpoint what her ?problem? was? Was it resolved? I know she decided she had enough of therapy? that she was finally convinced Paul did return her affections and decided to move on... Then, the miracle of miracles? Paul went to her house to love her? but then he had the anxiety attack and well, he left? And that was it ! ????
My only conclusion here is their romance was simply a case of "mutual transference?" Although I never heard this conclusion anywhere... Because for two people who were so "crazy" about each other - in their own way - isn't it strange that neither one has ever tried contacting the other one?
Does that make sense?????
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