I had a dream about you. I was sitting on your couch, relating my succession of ideas on subconscious influence. I asked you what they meant, and you told me that free associations were a bad way to advance my political career.

Bauvard
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In this quote, poet Sylvia Plath was expressing her frustration with the limitations of free association as a means of studying her subconscious mind. She felt that these methods were too subjective and didn’t provide her with the data she needed to achieve her goals. She preferred a more controlled approach to self-exploration by way of writing poetry.

Source: I Had A Dream About You

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