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Blowing Smoke

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Mad Men, Season 4, Episode 12

Blowing Smoke

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Anonymous

Hey J and K, want the backwash?

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Don is not a sociopath because sociopaths actually don't feel any guilt or remorse or empathy. And he clearly does, a lot of it sometimes, he just doesn't show it. But I sometimes wonder if Weiner was familiar with attachement theory, which incidentally was coined in the 60s by John Bowlby. There is a type in the attachment styles called a "dismissive avoidant" - someone who did not get the care and love they seeked as a child, so they learned to inhibit emotions and emotional displays and often seem to lack emparhy, because they have none for themselves. Constantly pushing people away who show them true intimacy and love, because it scares them. Unable to hold long term relationships and filled with self-loathing....

Youtalkingtome

That's really interesting. That's what makes this an interesting character study is the fact that we can only speculate what's wrong with him. He's not A he's B. Well maybe that's not what it is either. It's such a fun show to talk about.