- an immobilization of the aggressive drive
------ afraid to, or, cannot reach out to take;
- expects the adult world to recognize their needs
and to satisfy them without the necessity for
any effort on their part;
- tiredness, weakness of back;
- great difficulty in taking a strong opposing stand
and the tendency to run rather than face an attack;
- Impatience and restlessness result from
unsatisfied longing;
- The inability to reach out to the world leads to
terrible loneliness;
- Elation (joy) is NOT a genuine freedom from
depression but
a denial of dependencies, 'out-of-touch', reaching out for
the breast often converts into excessive talking
seeking admiration and affection;
- Speech is well thought out and rational,
excepting ego exaggeration;
- the infant only has the ability to take in and absorb;
not give and take;
- The adult world cannot satisfy the
infantile demands (excessive)
resulting in rejection leading to disappointment,
then depression, which produces a loss of self-esteem;
- Extreme dependency for acceptance and
affection result
in extreme sensitivity with unfavorable conditions
being met with irritability and with low tolerance
of tension and weakly developed sense of reality;
- Tensions can be released by crying (earlier), or anger (later);
- Anger functions to remove obstacles between
a desire and its object;
- *** A lack of satisfaction during the first year of the infant's life.
Any child allowed to cry to the point of
exhaustion stops only because the agony and
the pain become unbearable --
"I feel as if my heart would break."
- ** In fighting to maintain his function even in
difficult situations, the oral character gains
strength and assurance. Drifting prevents development ...;
- An oral character develops when
the longing for the mother
is repressed before the oral needs are satisfied.
This sets up an unconscious conflict between
the needon the one hand and
the fear of disappointment on the other; - Early memories and dreams ...
show feelings of abandonment or helplessness; - Extraordinary frustration would be a
determinant of an oral trait;
- A natural separation of the fruit (from the stem)
occurs when it is fully ripe. ---
It is only the unripe fruit
which presents a resistance to its separation
from the tree.
--- The unripe fruit is bitter as is the immature (child)
which loses its vital connection to its mother too soon;
- The immature (adult) ...
has great difficulty in establishing its
functional roots in reality (acting, taking part);
- ... weakness of the lower extremities prevents
the development of that independence and
aggression which is essential to the mature
adult function; - What they really wanted, contact with
their mother's body, was denied;
that desire being repressed, nothing will
now make them happy; - (For a healthy adult) what is required is
an adult pattern of functioning;
- Their aggression must be mobilized and
made available;
- The fear of rejection, abandonment and
physical pain are real;
- The muscle tensions in the back and
shoulders must be released;
- If the ego is inflated it must be gradually deflated.
Not until the (adult) hits bedrock does it become
possible to build a substantial and
improvement in function. ***
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