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¹Department of Psychiatry, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, Israel. dpotik@gmail.com

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Schizophrenic patients experience unique paralysis due to continuous extractive introjections, where an internalized object drains vitality. This process hinders authentic self-expression and the development of the unthought known, impacting psychoanalytic treatment progress.

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Area of Science:

Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Focuses on unique mental and physical paralysis in schizophrenic patients.
Explores the concept of continuous extractive introjections.
Examines the impact on early childhood development and subjectivity.

Observation:

Describes paralyzing moods stemming from internalized possessive objects.
Details how introjections attack authentic expression and prevent idiom development.
Presents a clinical vignette illustrating treatment dynamics.

Findings:

Continuous extractive introjections lead to profound states of paralysis in schizophrenia.
Early life introjections impede the development of the child's unique voice and 'unthought known'.
Psychoanalytic treatment can show progressive movement alongside retrogressive formation of psychotic pathology.

Implications:

Understanding extractive introjections is crucial for treating schizophrenic paralysis.
Highlights the long-term developmental impact of early psychological attacks.
Informs psychoanalytic approaches by illustrating treatment complexities and patient's internal world.