Resomatization
Resomatization and desomatization are opposing terms that are used in psychosomatics and developmental psychology . The concept was drawn up in 1955 by Max Schur .
The development and maturation processes of the healthy child are described as an ongoing process of desomatization , i.e. H. A continuous disentangling of body-related modes of reaction - such as coenesthesia - to a more conscious, emotionally empathic and linguistically understandable behavior. Newborns prefer to react in a physically uncoordinated, unconscious and primary process-like manner . Through the maturation of the ego over time, a psychologically conscious secondary process is learned.
Under certain conditions the process of desomatization can be reversible. For example, resomatization can occur due to particular emotional pressure or fear . This manifests itself in somatic (physical) complaints. Resomatization is therefore a regressive phenomenon. The model was used in combination with Freud's concept of actual neuroses to distinguish it from the conversion model and to explain the development of physical complaints with symbolic (socially significant) expressive content. In contrast to the defense mechanism of conversion, there is rather a direct conversion into physical symptoms similar to the development of symptoms in anxiety neurosis . During resomatization there is mostly no psychological processing with intuitively understandable expressive content.
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- ↑ Schur, Max : Comments on the Metapsychology of Somatization . Psa.Stud. Child. 10 (1955) 119-164. (Dt. In: Brede K. (Ed.): Introduction to Psychosomatic Medicine. Frankfurt 1974, pages 335-395).
- ↑ Hoffmann, Sven Olav and Hochapfel, G .: Neurosenlehre, psychotherapeutic and psychosomatic medicine. (1999), Compact Textbook, Schattauer, Stuttgart 6 2003, ISBN 3-7945-1960-4 , page 206.