Not much is uncontroversial when it comes to the life and work of Sigmund Freud, but one thing ought to be: he was a lousy psychotherapist. Take the case of his patient Horace Frink, who Freud diagnosed with a serious case of latent homosexuality, pressing him to marry his mistress as a cure. Doubtful, but choosing to trust the great man’s judgment, Frink and the woman both abandoned their (devastated) spouses and took his advice. Soon a guilt-ridden Frink turned violent, his new wife demanded a divorce, and he descended into a psychosis punctuated by several suicide attempts.
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