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ESSENTIAL PAPERS ON OBJECT LOSS Edited by Rita V. Frankiel Ai [NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS Nev York and London 994 8. A Short Study of the Development of the Libido, Viewed in the Light of Mental Disorders (Abridged) Karl Abraham. Fred's pope, Mouniag and Melncol,” cote my vow! ta ‘melanchola stood inte sme relation o normal mourning for oe a id roi ansety to onary fe. And we may now Tepid a deiniely ‘abled the peyehologelafnty betwen melancholia and obsessional eres. Fahemore, these so ilies show sine in ear 0 he ‘pce ofthe disengagement of th ic rom the exes Word Fed ba era ed bythe anal ofobesoel neuroses oposite & egal puss inthe ovelopmeat ofthe Ubido which healed te Sdisicanl phase. A ft laet® he gave a deed dseipin of stl Cave pace, be oral canbe One Basing my views on lars and "sed collection f emp mater I wa hl 10 sow that cern ppcho- newoss contain clear acs of haters pas ia the eget of the Tbido; an T ventured he sogesoa that what we sa in melnchola was the rol of rearesson of the patent's Kido to that sane pimive ral evel ‘A about the same ime Feud spyoached the problem of melancholia ‘om anther angle, and be made the ist eal sep tard he asovry of ‘he mechanism of tat illes, He showed that the ptt, afer ving lok ‘us loveabjet,repsins once mor by rcs of npcton tha, for Instance, tbe slizeproachs of «melancholic are ely deed toward i ot bes. Subsequent expense has confirmed in my isd the importance of both processes —therepreion of the Hof the ol ge andthe mechan ep by ii Be Ret,» ioe of Hae Cais tt na ‘Sh Wks Sc apricot! DnB A Seto Cop © 1 ane ane ‘of injection. And more dha dt, i at shown that thee I a tint onnecin amen the. «As hpe wo be abet make gute, the itojection ofthe love objects an incorporation fi sping wih the repesson othe Ibo to theca eve 1. MELANCHOLIA AND OBSESSIONAL NEUROSIS: {TWO STAGES OF THE SADISTIC ANAL PHASE, (oF THE LIBIDO. As cay a 1911, «1 pointe out tht obeasiona symtoms were ‘rogue presen in ces f melancholia an th obeshonal wert re bjt sates of depression. I went on sy that in both Kinds of Ines igh depee of ambivalence wus found in he pte instil ite; nd hat his was mot lel seen nth wat of aset between is ‘emtions of lve aed of hte, nd eanen hi bates ad trove tendencies, From the point of view of the clini oberer mani-dpesive sates ‘un a itermieat couse, wheres cbesional sates are on te whole onic in characte, Cal ebervaion pea otra lng period of ‘une shows us hat here, a ino many ther css, he one contion shades ‘note ober, wheres a ft We oly san absolute clenvage betwen te omo. Inte“ aie fring fro ciel mst titi he same chutes at pyc ant has ade cgi ihn the obessool newraes—the sme pelosi gad to eal es and order te sme teeny take up a btn and dent tne lertiog with ekaggereddniity ad an exes of ade the sane oomalies of bebavous in reltion to money and posienins. These ‘aractr as fash import evdence dat tee two polls cid tions five close poyeboogcaltelaoesip with one andthe same pe sell pase of he Ho. we sui the enon of sch an exten fgemeat inthe charcteralapcal constiaton of persons who inline ‘mcancholin and of those who incline wan obressinal eae, ute lncomprehensle © as why anes which kes i inception fom the ‘same chracterfrmain shuld be nw af the oe pe, now fhe be. is te dat we have come tothe coolesion tht a lunch tbe ptt ‘ives op his psjcho-seatal elton his objet, whet te bsnl ‘eure does i the od manage io esspe that fie. But we te hen fact sith the problem why te objection 50 much me lil in he one Clase of pte than in the oer, Tn spit of tie common alaon tthe salad orgintion of te bio, melacola an obsessional nears exit eran fda siercoces nt ealy inspect of the pase to which he ido reese ‘the ont fhe ness, ut so in respect of he use of he nial o Isobe, since he melacboiae gives fp, whl the cboesonl patent reals fy hereto, appear tht sch widely verge pbaogcl Processes can ae the inception fom he sade tae, i flows hat ths sage conains heerogencos element which we hove not Ben bl 0 sparate ou hither, Up 2 we have bee agin wth he stags the deepen of he Ibo, n each of whi we were able to ober tht oe parle ‘ropenc zone was of pepoaeratinpertnce, Tow eogenic rons tm, in ode of tine, te ol hear, and the genital. We found that "he tinal excitation belonging 0 tect had close sd manifold ‘omectns ita tage wi sais moles... We have eet fom ‘the peyco-amljis of eae patents that exc proceses ae et Ploy for asic purposes, an hve found ths ft confirmed yobs "on ofthe psychology of eile, We uve lo seta gle chance tradeace, fer tetace—procend from ei a well fn eal sources, But thos observations ad thers ike them have not atl uo ‘derstand the reason ofthat combination of adit anda oie, We cn gta step nearer be Sluion ofthe problem if we take nto ‘cmsidration ster piece of welled peysho ali knowledge, “This hata compl cpu fr love irony ashesed when te bio has eched its ental stage. Thus we Rave on ton and al rte process combined with sate tuo, in especial with unkind and Rasileemedoas which ae dexmacve to thelr objet: and onthe othe, 2 ‘nal rots combed with tendencies which are friendly to thle oe i But his comparison only Ser, have sid, to rng 2 ep near ‘wu problem, whic ein nase 2 ang a we do mot know wy, ceria level of development, the sai ules eat seca ny peciely fo sal ets a nt, for nti, for rl oe Beta ‘ram, Hete again the ena dts of payco-aais aye of ws © 1s Fo tey show 1+ That anal eos contin two oppo lesa eden, 2 That sna two opposite tenes exist the fel of radi a ‘The evacuation ofthe bowels cal fork pleammble exciton of the sal zone To hs eine Frm of ples experince tees peseatiy led anor, based an reve roest—the eon oe fcces ‘Pryeho-anatic expen hat shown beyond dou dati the ile stage of his iil develoet the ining th perce whois the objet of his desea someting ver which eeerises owner and hate consequently teas tht poe a he same way ate does his st piece of privat rope, the conten of bis body, bis fees, Wheres nthe geil evel "ove" mean the aera fs poste fing co 1 the objet and involves a peyho-seualaapaton fo tht objet, on te level below it ean ht he teats his objet ough elonged wo hi, ‘And ince the ambivalence of felngs sl xs a fl force on his ifcor level he express his postive ate tomas ht ote! i he form of exiting bis propery, and his negative aide in he frm of ejecting ‘Ts when te obsesional neuro is Ueateed wih the los of bt, and wee te maancotic scaly does loeb, it isis othe neon. ‘ios min of each a expulon of ta bjt inthe seme ofa pyseal explo feos, ‘Many euro psn react ina nal way vey lo, wether he death of 2 peton or the Hoss of mute object. They wil tt with ‘statin ar lates secoring a th le i ewe ty heir wows ‘mind—whose aud, i agreement wh the ambivalence ofthe ematna Ii, sie atl a vara one. Tei uncooled fms the oss by mets a he ergn-posh wih which we are fan. News of the det of near elative il often st vp in pr vce! pes his bovels a ifthe whole of i nestines wete bing expelled o if someting was tng tor away inside him and was gag to come ont Though his ams. Without foreting hats reaton itis overdtr rine, I soul iki his plc wo singh ut thi one cate with which we sme concer. Wess gud the renton a ec form of mourning hich has tee conserved isthe unconscious abd we cast side by sie ‘ih primitive rita, deseied by Rabin, in which thera ofthe ‘eceased man dees on his new made pve

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