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Awe and premature efaculation: a case study.

L Finkelstein

    The Psychoanalytic Quarterly
    |January 1, 1975
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    This study analyzes a man with premature ejaculation, linking his symptoms to passive, masochistic, and obsessive-compulsive traits. Understanding unconscious fantasies related to awe helped alleviate his condition.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Psychiatry
    • Psychoanalysis

    Background:

    • Premature ejaculation is a common sexual dysfunction.
    • Psychological factors, including personality traits and relationship dynamics, are often implicated.
    • Obsessive-compulsive traits and passive-masochistic dynamics are observed in some individuals with this condition.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze the case of a male patient with premature ejaculation.
    • To explore the role of affect, specifically awe, in understanding the patient's psychodynamics.
    • To investigate the connection between unconscious fantasies, awe, and the alleviation of premature ejaculation.

    Main Methods:

    • Psychoanalytic case study.
    • Analysis of the patient's affect of awe.

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  • Exploration of self-representations and object relationships.
  • Identification of unconscious fantasies.

    • Main Results:

    • The patient exhibited passive-masochistic marital dynamics and obsessive-compulsive personality traits.
    • Analysis of the affect of awe provided insight into the patient's self-representations and object relationships.
    • Discovery of specific unconscious fantasies linked to awe facilitated symptom alleviation.

    Conclusions:

    • The psychoanalytic exploration of affect, particularly awe, can reveal underlying psychodynamics contributing to premature ejaculation.
    • Understanding and addressing unconscious fantasies associated with specific affects can be therapeutically effective.
    • This case highlights the potential of psychoanalytic approaches in treating sexual dysfunctions like premature ejaculation.