![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the earliest attempt to deal with physical pain, frustration and absence psychically we have the first 'mysterious leap' from body to mind. When this occurs, body and mind have somehow lost their connecting links. It may go unnoticed while its insidious effects continue, silently, like the Freudian death instinct. Yet such catastrophic failure does not necessarily result in a startling psychosis. Failure to sort oneself out from the 'not-me' environment and so to create a sense of personal identity produces more catastrophic results than does a similar failure in the acquisition of sexual identity and the rights which belong to it. "The inherent difficulty facing the infant in his task of becoming an individual is of a more global, more 'psychosomatic' nature than the problems encountered in coming to terms with sexual realities. She was a renowned French psychoanalyst and author of many books, including: Theaters of the Mind, Theaters of the Body, The Many Faces of Eros, and Plea for a Measure of Abnormality. With sadness we note the passing of Joyce McDougall on August 24th, 2011. ![]()
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