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I've been pondering that the term "anally retentive" to describe a pattern of behaviour (totally unconnected to Autism) associated with strong disgust reflexes
by thinkingemote 8y ago
I've been pondering that the term "anally retentive" to describe a pattern of behaviour (totally unconnected to Autism) associated with strong disgust reflexes might itself be a symptom which happens due to poo retention, orderliness and extreme clensiness which reduces the diversity in gut bacteria.
- plutonorm 8y agoI always figured this was to do with stress levels. More stress = higher muscle tone, more retention and less bowel motion. But yeah, you could be right, I see there could be a feedback there.
- Jolter 8y agoThat sounds quite far fetched and completely unfounded in facts. Btw Freud was wrong and his model of child development have been disproven for a hundred years now. Don't pay attention to stuff like "anal retentiveness", it's an inaccurate model of real psychology.