Your Roommate Is a Smoker

question 148

Multiple Choice

Your roommate is a smoker. He really would like to quit and has been reading about Freudian theory. He thinks that he is fixated at the oral stage and that he should make an appointment with a clinician who specialises in psychosexual therapy. What would you tell him?

• A) Few professionals adhere to Freud's theory, even psychoanalysts, so he should try something else.
• B) He should probably try it. Freud would say that he was orally fixated.
• C) It sounds to you like he is actually anally fixated.
• D) It will take time, but psychoanalysis should probably work for him.

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Definitions:

Implicit Self-esteem

An unconscious form of self-esteem which influences thoughts and behaviors without one's awareness.

Explicit Self-esteem

The conscious and deliberate evaluation of one's own worth and value.

Self-compassion

The practice of being kind and understanding to oneself in instances of pain or failure, rather than being harshly judgmental.

Self-forgiveness

The process of forgiving oneself for faults, mistakes, or shortcomings.