▁family ' s ▁ups et , ▁and ▁would ▁you ▁do ▁something ▁about ▁it . ▁How ▁would ▁you ▁think ▁about ▁that ▁as ▁a ▁problem ? ▁Some ▁kind ▁of ▁b izar re ▁behavior ▁like ▁that . ▁ER IC K SON : ▁Well , ▁if ▁the ▁kid ▁came ▁in ▁to ▁see ▁me , ▁the ▁first ▁thing ▁I ▁would ▁do ▁would ▁be ▁to ▁want ▁to ▁examine ▁the ▁cross . ▁And ▁I ▁would ▁want ▁to ▁improve ▁it ▁in ▁a ▁very ▁minor ▁way . ▁As ▁soon ▁as ▁I ▁got ▁the ▁slight est ▁minor ▁change ▁in ▁it , ▁the ▁way ▁would ▁be ▁open ▁for ▁a ▁larger ▁change . ▁And ▁ ▁pretty ▁soon ▁I ▁could ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁advantages ▁of ▁a ▁different ▁cross ▁- ▁he ▁ought ▁to ▁have ▁at ▁least ▁two . ▁He ▁ought ▁to ▁have ▁at ▁least ▁three ▁so ▁he ▁could ▁make ▁a ▁choice ▁each ▁day ▁of ▁which ▁one . ▁It ' s ▁pretty ▁hard ▁to ▁express ▁a ▁psych otic ▁pattern ▁of ▁behavior ▁over ▁an ▁ever - in cre asing ▁number ▁of ▁cross es . ▁▁ ▁Se eding ▁Ide as ▁- ▁Er ick son ▁would ▁often ▁ensure ▁that ▁the ▁patients ▁had ▁been ▁exposed ▁to ▁an ▁idea , ▁often ▁in ▁a ▁met ap hor ical ▁form ▁( hidden ▁from ▁the ▁conscious ▁mind ) ▁in ▁advance ▁of ▁util izing ▁it ▁for ▁a ▁th era pe ut ic ▁purpose . ▁He ▁called ▁this ▁" se eding ▁ideas ", ▁and ▁it ▁can ▁be ▁observed ▁to ▁occur ▁at ▁many ▁levels ▁both ▁co arse ▁and ▁fine ▁gra ined , ▁in ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁case ▁histor ies