Chapter 14: Freud and Beyond
“Last night I had a dream,” Leslie began. “There was this boy at St. Andrew’s. I’m still not sure I was asleep. It felt as though I wasn’t, not fully. Like sorting through old photographs, this one, then that one. I don’t know how else to explain it.” His hand started to shake and he dropped it in his lap.
“I imagine Freud could,” Robert said.
“Freud?” Edward scoffed. “I don’t believe half of what he said.”
Robert jumped up with a, “Hold on I’ll be right back.” Then he headed toward his study and returned with a heavy volume. “Good old Sigmund.” He flipped through the pages until he found what he was looking for. “It’s all here in his study on hysteria. He theorized psychological traumas could cause physical symptoms in patients.” He looked up at his brothe
