Free association is described as a "psychonanalytic procedure in which a person is encouraged to give free rein to his or her thoughts and feelings, verbalizing whatever comes into the mind without monitoring its content." Over time, this technique is supposed to help bring forth repressed thoughts and feelings that the person can then work through to gain a better sense of self.
That's an admirable goal, but for the purposes of this excercise, we're just hoping to have a little fun with the technique. Each week I'll post ten words to which you can respond to with the first thing that comes to mind.
- Rising :: Bad Moon
- Third :: Base
- Disruptive :: Student
- Surround :: Sound
- Distant :: Thunder
- Suction :: High Speed
- Fried :: Green Tomatoes
- Nuggets :: Gold
- Clip :: Sound
- San Antonio :: The Alamo
When I was going to get approval for hormones, I had to go to a psychologist to prove I was sane enough to start hormones. Well have way through the evaluation I started giggling, it was just what you imagine a shrink does. We did the ol’ inkblot test and then we did the word association test, that’s when I started giggling, it was just so typical. Of course that earned me a couple of notes in my file.