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“A much-needed work, exploring the psychology of toilet functions on many levels: physical, psychological, social. At a time when many feel the world turning into a huge toilet in which all kinds of attitudes and emotions are being evacuated via war and group tensions, a serious exploration of individual and social evacuation functions could not be more welcome. This work examines many examples of urinary-defecation problems throughout a lifetime coupled with keen, pertinent clinical work and suggestions. Psychic toilets, world toilets, ordinary physical toilets and their difficulties are brought into focus with fresh acumen in ways aimed to help, challenge, and enrich.” Michael Eigen, PhD; author, The Challenge of Being Human, The Sensitive Self, and Contact with the Depth Psychoanalysis and Toileting Psychoanalysis and Toileting is an accessible book that delineates and interprets the psychological meanings of defecating and urinating in everyday life. Paul Marcus’ work gives the clinician an in-depth view of an activ ity that every patient and practitioner engage in and shows how not dealing with toileting in its wide range of social and practical contexts leaves out a huge aspect of the patient’s everyday experience. Drawing from psychoanalytic theory and practice, the author discusses such subjects as constipation, diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome, adult female incontinence, toilet cursing, public toilet graffiti and toilet humor. The book also considers the personal meaning of urinating and defecating as seen in men suffering from an enlarged prostate, in ‘excremental assault’ in the Nazi concentration camps, and in dream ing. Marcus considers not only what is typically negative about these experiences, but what can be seen as positive in terms of growth and development for the ordinary person. The book is illustrated throughout with clinical vignettes and observations taken from the author’s private practice. Psychoanalysis and Toileting will be a key text for psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists in practice and in training. It will also be relevant to other mental health practitioners. Paul Marcus is a training and supervisory analyst at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis in New York City and Co-Chairperson of the discussion group Psychoanalysis and Spirituality at the American Psychoanalytic Association. Psychoanalysis and Toileting ’ Minding One s Business Paul Marcus Designed cover image: Getty First published 2023 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2023 Paul Marcus The right of Paul Marcus to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record has been requested for this book ISBN: 9781032113937 (hbk) ISBN: 9781032113951 (pbk) ISBN: 9781003219705 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003219705 Typeset in Times New Roman by Taylor & Francis Books Dedicated to Samuel L. Pauker, M.D. A great friend and a brilliant psychiatrist/psychoanalyst Contents Recently published Routledge titles by Paul Marcus x 1 Introduction: Psychoanalysis and the Toilet 1 2 On Constipation, Diarrhea and Irritable Bowel Syndrome 12 3 Adult Female Urinary Incontinence 26 4 Toilet Cursing 44 5 Public Bathroom Graffiti 66 6 Toilet Humor 78 7 The Personal Meaning of Urinating and Defecating 93 Index 105
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