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What is “The Sixth Sense”?

What is The Sixth Sense? A film with that title promises to reveal an additional human awareness. In fact, it provides two versions of that awareness, one in its “manifest content,” the other latent, and both are surprises.

I became interested in The Sixth Sense when I noticed that a number of patients and acquaintances were commenting on it. Many were simply confused; but two patients described important affective reactions to particular moments in the film.

The Sixth Sense should be of some interest to psychoanalysts because its central action is a psychotherapy. The therapist is a child psychologist who is Continue reading What is “The Sixth Sense”?