I was in Spain a couple of years ago, it was both a business and a pleasure trip, because I did a lot of touristic activities (that I will tell you about in another post) and I also went there because there was a Psychoanalysis Symposium happening in Madrid.
I was very lucky to attend that series of conferences with my mom, my dad, my sister and some friends because we are all psychoanalists, and this was a very big deal on our field.
Roland Chemama is a very well respected psychoanalist who studied in Paris, France and is an eminence when it comes to Lacanian Psychoanalysis - which is the branch me and my circle are specialized in -, and he was president of the International Lacanian Association and the European Psychoanalysis Foundation, so he is very big deal as you can see.
I'm not in love, but almost 😛
Well, when we were there during one of the conference breaks I stumbled upon him and we spoke for a while and, after that, he even took a photo with me!
Besides getting to meet Roland Chemama, I was also able to meet Gerard Pommier who is also a respected entity in the psychoanalysis world. He is a former patient and student of Jacques Lacan, the father of the modern psychoanalysis, so he is also a big deal.
Both are still alive and perhaps they don't even remember my name but to me, this was an unforgettable moment that I will cherish forever.