Batman and Psychology

turn fear against those who prey on the fear

And are Batman’s rogues gallery of supervillains truly not rogues or supervillains, but rather victims of a heartless society who are in need of better understanding and far more compassion than shown to date by the Gotham City Police Department, Batman, Robin, Superman, and even the entire Justice League of America?

Sickos never scare me. At least they’re committed.”

What’s the first thing you see on the table?” The child probably says the cereal. Next ask, “What’s the first thing I see on the table?” The child probably repeats, “Cereal.” This child has limited ability to think symbolically (i.e., letting one thing, a symbol, represent something else) and

Chase says he’s describing a repressed memory, “images of a forgotten pain that’s trying to surface.” With repression, which Freud considered the most important defense mechanism21 even though modern empirical evidence now suggests it might occur rarely if at all,22 the unconscious mind locks away feelings, desires, and experiences that the conscious ego cannot bear