Hypnoid hysteria
In classical psychoanalysis, the term hypnoid hysteria denotes an etiological class of hysteria based on the formation of hypnoids . The term is out of date.
It goes back to the assumptions of Sigmund Freud , who established this class in his contributions to the " Studies on Hysteria " of 1895 before the development of the concept of displacement .
According to this, a representation entering the psyche is received from a hypnoid state and does not even reach primary consciousness. The representation is also built in hypnoid and part of the secondary consciousness . In particular, this hysteria concept does not assume any psychological resistance (or it cannot be proven), which would prevent the hypnoid ideas from becoming conscious. The patient is actively looking for strengthening of the secondary consciousness - a paradox , since it is tantamount to looking for stronger symptoms.
Freud pointed out that, in his experience, many hypnoid hysteria would turn out to be defense hysteria on closer inspection . He suspects common roots of these two forms of hysteria, but was only able to unify them with the concept of repression.