| To be born was the death of him: a clinical study of a self that might have been but never got born. | |
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PMID: 8206811 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In this paper, using a pluralistic perspective on the psyche, I consider theoretical formulations concerned with the development of the self in relation to the environment. This includes discussion about how the infant interacts with its maternal environment before birth and how observation of the foetus in the womb and infant research have important implications affecting our understanding of adult psychopathology. I briefly look at the object-related nature of religious experience and the concept of the development of a representation of God. Furthermore, I explore the object-related nature of the Laius myth as the deeper realm and the homo-erotic component in the Oedipal conflict, with emphasis on the link between oracular literalism and literalizing obsessionality. Finally, I show how all of these elements manifested in the course of my work with a very disturbed male patient in whom the transferential relationship uncovered a psychopathic pocket; and how my life was put in danger when his defences took the form of an impulse to kill: he became murderous. |
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Authors:
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S Wheeley |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
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Title: The Journal of analytical psychology Volume: 39 ISSN: 0021-8774 ISO Abbreviation: J Anal Psychol Publication Date: 1994 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1994-07-08 Completed Date: 1994-07-08 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376573 Medline TA: J Anal Psychol Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 27-53 Citation Subset: IM |
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Adult Defense Mechanisms Ego* Female Humans Jungian Theory* Labor, Obstetric* Male Object Attachment Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / psychology, therapy* Personality Development* Pregnancy Psychoanalytic Therapy* Unconscious (Psychology) |
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