Oknophilia

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Oknophilia is a term from psychoanalysis that the Hungarian psychoanalyst Michael Balint introduced to science.

etymology

Oknophilia describes the impulse to cling for protection. The dialectical opposite of oknophilia is philobatism . With this, Balint named the impulse to move independently and independently. Both terms enrich the psychoanalytic concept of a fundamental human conflict between the psychological needs for belonging on the one hand and autonomy on the other. The term oknophilia includes the Greek verb okneo = to hesitate, to cling. Philobatism is modeled on the term acrobat and contains the verb batein = to go. The acrobat goes to the extreme ( acro = pointed, high). The Philobat is one who loves to walk.

Assignments

In the early childhood development of oknophile people one often finds caregivers who only insufficiently protect the child from the vastness of existence. The result is a predominance of clinging impulses. It is often the other way around with the philobatist. He has had experiences with people who constrained him with their own clinging. As a result, he seeks salvation in a safe distance from others. He prefers to run the risk of falling from a tightrope like an artist than to let others limit him. Accordingly, agoraphobia is to be assigned to oknophilia and claustrophobia to philobatism .

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See also

  • Philobatism - further aspects of human risk behavior and the contrast between philobacy and oknophilia
  • Fearfulness - ambivalent emotional state, in which an exciting experience arises from an oppressive phase of fear itself or from successfully coping with it
  • Sensation seeking - behavioral tendency to look for new, intense, exciting experiences
  • Risk (psychology) - mental, emotional and volitive prerequisites for willingness to take risks