Object occupation
Object cathexis, or simply cathexis , according to Freud's theory of psychic economy, is a connection of mental energy with a certain idea, an object or even a part of the body. The object is “occupied” with energy. The term, borrowed from military language, plays a role in the assessment of various psychodynamic aspects of energy amplification, unification or shifting and thus requires topical concepts. The attempt to separate the general, purely psychodynamic and psychophysiological cathexis concept and that of the object cathexis in the sense of attachment to certain reference persons, and to differentiate it from the cathexis of the own self in the sense of narcissism , has been made in schizophrenia research . It should be noted, however, that such a differentiation of the self has not yet occurred in the early stages of narcissistic development. In the case of displacement , a temporarily bound amount of energy is withdrawn again, possibly shifted or transferred to another topical system. Object occupation equates to learning about satisfaction values. These values relate to situations, things, people and their memories or ideas.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Loch, Wolfgang : On the theory, technology and therapy of psychoanalysis . S. Fischer Conditio humana (edited by Thure von Uexküll & Ilse Grubrich-Simitis ) 1972, ISBN 3-10-844801-3 , page 319
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- ^ Roudinesco, Elisabeth & Michel Plon : Dictionary of Psychoanalysis . Names, countries, works, terms. Springer, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-211-83748-5 ; STW. Occupation page 89, Google books
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