Freud found that individuals with anal orientation of sexual life are dominated by certain personality traits, which are partly reactive formation against anal-erotic activity, and partly its sublimation. The main features of the anal type are: punctuality, frugality, obstinacy. In compulsive neurosis, too, certainly these tendencies intensify, so they need to be discussed in this section. In the [...]

Accuracy, which plays the role of protection from dangerous instinctual drives in the anal-sadistic period, is regaining this protective function in compulsive neurosis. Compulsive neurotic who is facing a rebellion of his distorted sense regressive and is hostile to the needs, is still calm, while he behaves in an orderly manner, especially regarding time and money. However, the anal-sadistic unconscious drives are usually sabotaging accuracy and adherence to the “system”. These drives resume mess, causing the accident, frustrating the system can even penetrate properly syndrome ”sequencing.” In his interesting publication psychologist and psychotherapist Lucy Dooley assembled material on the accuracy and [...]

A Short History of Sigmund Freud Theory Freud’s Topographical Model Conscious Preconscious Unconscious Freudian Theory and the Structural Model Id Ego Superego The interplay between these structures is referred to as the psychodynamics of the personality. ID: The deep, unconscious part of personality.  Composed of biological, instinctual drives.  Innate (born with it)  Seeks immediate, indiscriminant [...]