When Jenny was four years old, something happened that made her very frightened. she can only remember fragments of the 'event'--- blue flashing lights, an elephant's foot umbrella stand' and something she cannot say.. she is deeply troubled by one recurrent thought. 'Think I saw a lot of blood'. This is a story about emotional breakdown, of hidden trauma and of hidden memories, brought to the surface and explored through the work of psychoanalysis. Through talk with a psychoanalyst, exploring her feelings and episodic madness, Jenny starts to understand herself, and by getting back to that fateful day, she can begin to build herself up from its shatterings.
When Jenny was four years old, something happened that made her very frightened. she can only remember fragments of the 'event'--- blue flashing lights, an elephant's foot umbrella stand' and something she cannot say.. she is deeply troubled by one recurrent thought. 'Think I saw a lot of blood'. This is a story about emotional breakdown, of hidden trauma and of hidden memories, brought to the surface and explored through the work of psychoanalysis. Through talk with a psychoanalyst, exploring her feelings and episodic madness, Jenny starts to understand herself, and by getting back to that fateful day, she can begin to build herself up from its shatterings.