On the tradition of feces in personal growth / therapy

Some musings on the profession.

For Freud it was a question of in or out - retentive or explosive.

For Fritz Perls? A former student of Freud and the founder of Gestalt psychotherapy, it was more a question of origin. Where did it come from? From what creature?

Was it a chicken? If so, not a problem really. Though greasy, stinky and rancid while fresh this delight washes away easily in the rain.

This of course was contrasted by Fritz with that of an elephant. Overwhelming. All encompassing. Life altering. Alienating in both mass and stench. These digestive leftovers insist on being addressed.

I have established my own theories of human excrement.

It is related to the wisdom I have discovered in grocery stores.

Grocery stores are where a lot of excrement comes from

Or they are filled with things that are pre-poo - restaurants specialize in the ornate delivery of pre-poo substances.

Regardless. People walk around grocery stores, they spend their time there picking up shit. At the check out they put their stuff on the belt. If…