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    Psychosexual Fixations

    Freud argued that if conflicts in each stage are not resolved, sexual energy can become “fixated” and show up later as problematic or exaggerated sexual patterns. The list below...

    Demon Lover

    Rape in our culture is something that can't be ignored. When the man in the feminine is repressed,...

    The Failed Narcissist: The Depressive

    The search for the ideal: Narcissistic Agency Narcissism means how much fundamental value and life‑energy you can invest in...

    The Original Cut

    From Omnipotence to Injury: Reliving Narcissistic Wounds Understanding the Roots of Narcissistic Entrapment The journey from infancy to adulthood is...

    Narcissism Vs Instincts

    When Desire Becomes a Mirror Narcissism can be understood as a dynamic interplay between self-love and instinctual life, rather...

    Demon Lover

    Rape in our culture is something that can't be ignored. When the man in the feminine is repressed, it becomes destructive; when in women...

    Narcissistic Wounds

    The narcissistic child has omnipotent, controlling and tyrannical fantasies of controlling his mother (object), which are part of normal development but need to be...

    Unanswered Self

    The infant of Mahler's differentiation subphase of separation-individuation, approx 4-9 months, is observably developed out of total bodily dependence, within a vaguely experienced dual...

    Broken Structures

    Ego identity refers to a consistent sense of self and a shared set of essential character traits that others recognise. The concept of identity...

    Being Seen : Emerging from Psychic Retreats

    An essential aspect of narcissism is being seen as the centre of attention. Self-consciousness can become acute and anxious when a child loses the...

    Imposter Syndrome

    Identity is an all-encompassing sense of self, not fixed, handed down and developed unconsciously. Something shaped and determined, reflected in passion and behaviour, and...