She entered the eminent psychologist’s room for yet another weekly session.
Her school results were poor. It was considered that the most likely reason for this was her being troubled by the overwhelming nature of her nightly dreams. This in itself was seen to be the most probable cause of such low marks. It was decided that these ongoing events were holding her back from fully concentrating on her school studies during the day. As a result, the school had recommended a course of psychotherapy to get to the bottom of it.
For her, none of this was true. In fact, she actually made up the most scandalous stories in order to embarrass the aging professional. It was merely a fun thing for her. She had never seen the purpose of these visits. She was aware of how expensive these sessions were, but if her parents were willing to pay, who was she to argue? The best thing for her was to create some amusement for herself. So, she concocted dreams of the most scandalous nature, then experienced a great deal of pleasure by watching the old man’s face.
On this occasion, she described at length and in great detail, a series of absolutely shocking immoral activities that had played out in her most recent and greatly disturbing dream. She told the disgraceful story involving a high-borne duchess, a young stable hand and a furious husband.
The psychologist raised a finger and made the comment that it sounded very much like a period piece, and how surprised he was at her detailed knowledge of the life and times of people living in the eighteenth century. She just shrugged, and not being put off, continued recounting her dream.
Since these sessions went for an hour, it was not uncommon to grant the patient a toilet break, if needed. It was on such a break, during the current session, that he spotted a brightly coloured book protruding from her school bag. Part of its title could be seen. The words ‘Amorous Adventures’ caught his eye. He quickly lifted it out and removed the book mark. He smiled before returning it. At the end of the visit he advised the girl that this was her final visit. This took her by surprise. She had to concede to herself that she was leaving with an uncomfortable feeling of disappointment. A disappointment that was to be completely overshadowed by remorse during the following week.
Naturally, the medical report went to the school, along with a copy of it to her parents. Although quite a detailed document, the whole of it was summed up in the final part, being the diagnosis and the conclusion.
The psychologist stated that the reason the girl was not doing particularly well in her studies simply came down to a lack of natural talent, a complete absence of originality with respect to creative thinking, and an obsession with reading cheap pornographic paperbacks.
