Development and Regression (p.394-400)

Neurosis arises from a contention between wishful impulses, or a physical conflict.

A physical conflict consists of:
• An external frustration – the Ego
• An internal frustration – the Libido

Preconditions for Neurosis:
• Frustration
• Fixation – Forcing the libido in a particular direction
• A tendency to conflict

A tendency to conflict:

The Ego and the Libido develop independently, but still they have influence over one another.

If at some point during the development of the Libido a strong enough fixation is left behind → the Ego may accept this and become perverse / infantile → alternatively it may reject this point and repress the fixation.

Posted by Matt on January 21, 2007 11:02 PM | Permalink

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