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Shame conflicts as dream instigators: wish fulfillment and the ego ideal in dream dynamics.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  14703299     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Understanding of the instigatory dynamics of the dream is essential to the understanding of the dream as a fulfilled wish. Both the meaning and the function of the dream can be understood only in relation to the instigating disruption that drives the dream into being. It is the instigator of the dream that connects the working of the inner world with events in the external world. The literature on the process of dream instigation is scant, still deriving from Freud's metaphor of "capitalist and entrepreneur." Hidden shame conflicts that react to the dreamer's anticipation of danger of exposure and shame are significant factors in the instigation of the dream. Clinical material in support of this view is presented in the form of a verbatim session that included a dream.
Authors:
Melvin R Lansky
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of psychoanalysis     Volume:  63     ISSN:  0002-9548     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Psychoanal     Publication Date:  2003 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-01-01     Completed Date:  2004-04-27     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372630     Medline TA:  Am J Psychoanal     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  357-64     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
mlansky@ucla.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Conflict (Psychology)*
Dreams*
Ego*
Humans
Male
Psychoanalytic Interpretation
Shame*

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