Freudianism as boy after becoming terrified that masturbation was ruining his memory. After fleeing the anti-Semitism of Europe, he’d found safety and professional success in Johannesburg. Perls was a rather self-important man and, being a disciple of Freud and finding himself in Vienna for a conference, had decided to arrive unannounced in order to pay his respects. He’d presumably expected to be welcomed in and for a great meeting of minds to take place. But when Perls found his master’s house, Freud only opened his door a crack. ‘I came from South Africa to give a paper and see you,’ Perls
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