Raw Object Identification

Am J Psychoanal. 2023 Aug 1. doi: 10.1057/s11231-023-09416-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper attempts to deal with a specific kind of pathological identification-"raw object identification"-which tends to appear as concrete physiological phenomena, trying to escape meaning and integration. These somatic manifestations stem from early traumatic experiences with a meaningful object and entrap-as revealed through analysis-specific significant qualities of that object. A massive splitting ensues between body and mind, self and object, relation and identification. Certain properties of the object are then experienced as a foreign body in the subject and are defensively identified with. Thus, raw object identification is often manifested in stubborn bodily symptoms.PMID:37528215 | DOI:10.1057/s11231-023-09416-8

Source: American Journal of Psychoanalysis - August 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Merav Roth Source Type: research