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Psychosexuality and the representational world.

R D Stolorow

    The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis
    |January 1, 1979
    PubMed
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    Sexual experiences organize healthy development. In developmental arrests, perverse fantasies compensate for structural weaknesses, aiding self-representation stability. This study explores these dynamics.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Psychoanalysis
    • Developmental Psychology

    Background:

    • Normal development relies on sensual experiences for psychic organization and building a representational world.
    • Sexual perversions arise in individuals with structural deficits and developmental arrest.
    • In these cases, early psychosexual experiences are retained and used regressively.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the role of perverse fantasies and acts in structurally deficient individuals.
    • To understand how these fantasies compensate for weaknesses in self and object representations.
    • To present clinical illustrations and therapeutic implications.

    Main Methods:

    • Psychoanalytic exploration of perverse fantasies and acts.
    • Analysis of their origins and functions.

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  • Examination of their role in compensating for structural weaknesses.

    • Main Results:

    • Perverse fantasies and acts serve to restore or sustain cohesion in disintegrating self and object representations.
    • These fantasies compensate for specific structural weaknesses in the representational world.
    • Clinical examples illustrate these compensatory mechanisms.

    Conclusions:

    • Sexual perversions in developmentally arrested individuals involve a regressive reliance on early psychosexual experiences.
    • Perverse fantasies function as crucial, albeit pathological, organizers for a fragmented self.
    • Understanding these dynamics is vital for therapeutic interventions.