REPETITION-COMPULSION AND SPONTANEITY A : comparison of psychoanalytic with psychodramatic conce

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  • GERHARD SCHAUER Author

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https://doi.org/10.12926/vxtt1326

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psychoanalytic

Abstract

One of the central ideas of psychoanalysis is that of repetition-compulsion, by which is understood the compulsion to re-enact in the present what the individual has found the best way in adapting to an early overwhelming situation. This compulsion to re-enact in fantasy and reality is more than a reflex; it has a definite purpose for the individual, e.g. it is dictated by an intensive hope for redress for past suffering (compulsion) and by the hope for eventual mastery and success (repetition).

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2024-11-21

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Vol. 3 No. 4 (1951): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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