CONTENT WARNING: Death, Abuse
Name: Klara Levin
Age: Thirty
Occupation: Psychiatrist/Psychoanalyst
Sexuality: Bisexual
Sabina Spielrein (25 October 1885 – 11 August 1942) was a Russian physician and one of the first female Psychoanalysts. Her journey into her field began when she herself had been a patient, suffering from hysteria after the sudden death of her sister. It was in treatment she met Carl Jung and disclosed being troubled by masochistic fantasies and somatic symptoms. Upon release she began to work with Jung as his student and then colleague. Additionally she worked as a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, teacher and paediatrician in Switzerland and Russia and published over 35 papers in three languages, including “Destruction as the Cause of Coming Into Being", She was murdered with her to daughters by an SS death squad after German occupation of the Soviet Union in 1942. She is remembered to this day for being an important and innovative thinker, eclecticism, and feminist approach to psychology
Born in Boston to Russian Jewish parents, Klara had a hard time growing up. While her father could be a cruel man to her, her mother tried to make matters better. However, Klara began to run away from home and would make excuses not to go back. Eventually, she convinced her mother to listen to reason and the pair left her father. They realized that power over your decisions was the only control a person could truly have and knew they were better off. She didn't understand why people could be so awful and started to investigate why people enjoyed hurting others. Her essay to get into college was about the correlation with pain and control, using those who get a rush from tattoos as her main example and her home life as the connection to herself. She grew very outspoken in her work, despite still being very shy on the surface, only truly coming out of her shell during her classes.
In college, Klara began to have more eclectic interests all connected to her major in some way. She also made a connection with her Psychology professors assistant. He was a graduate student named Elias who seemed incredibly intriguing to her. She was normally the girl who didn't want intimacy, but found herself dealing with a crush on him. The pair became fast friends and soon developed into colleagues as they both finished school. They became a team who liked to deal with the collective unconscious and developmental psychology and were always on the search for new concepts when it came to psychology; fearing that everything the human mind had already been uncovered. Klara was unable to prevent her feelings for Elias and briefly the pair had become lovers as well as colleagues. However, when things became intimate, the two were falling out professionally and both of them seemed erratic around each other as the lines blurred. They had to stop despite how much their feelings had grown for each other over the years, knowing their work meant more.
As their professional life recovered, Klara watched as Elias' methods started to become more odd and knew she was going to have to take control of the situation. While working with a patient, she overheard them talking about how “ the town always messes with you”. When Klara asked further about it she was let in on a mysterious town that seems to have an effect on people. Klara didn't believe in the supernatural, but she was curious how a place could impact a persons mental state. She brought the information to Elias and soon they were planning on finding this small town in Oregon to see if there is a “real world” reason for the the town having such a wide belief in their legend. Once they got to the town however, Klara realized some strange things and finds the pull to Elias to be even stronger as if they have unfinished business together beyond their research and their beliefs questioned
Past Life: Sabina Spielrein ○ FC: Janet Montgomery ○ Status: Open