6 ms·
there is a theory along these lines. something like: the defense against the unconscious is so strong in autism that the person becomes rigid and shut off. the
by perchard 3y ago
there is a theory along these lines. something like: the defense against the unconscious is so strong in autism that the person becomes rigid and shut off. the defense against the unconscious is so weak in schizophrenia that the person is overwhelmed with phenomena. but both have something to do with intense unconscious objects.
- apple34 3y agoDo you have a source for these claims? Would be super interested in reading more on this.
- DiscourseFan 3y agohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080676/ I found this (relatively) recently published article reviewing Bleuler's Dementia Praecox or the Group of Schizophrenias which is the book where he first publishes the terms "Schizophrenia" and "Autism." Though Bleuler was using the words with his colleagues starting a few years earlier. (Cf. Freud-Jung Correspondences, May 1907[0], you can ctrl-f "autism,""schizophrenia," etc.) [0]https://archive.org/stream/FreudJungLetters/The-Freud-Jung-letters-The-Correspondence-between-Sigmund-Freud-and-C-G-Jung_djvu.txt https://archive.org/stream/FreudJungLetters/The-Freud-Jung-l...