Hey guys, it`s Nikki and in this video I’ll
be explaining what fixation, suppression and
regression are
+ how to achieve your first neurosis interested
just continue watching.
All this time I keep repeating “if something
goes wrong” but if we look closer and see
how many ways there is to take the wrong turn
in your psychosexual development, we`ll discover
it`s more like when it goes wrong. But that
would mean that there aren`t normal people
so what are we missing?
Let`s talk a little bit more about fixation.
The Fixation is like a powerful memory which
would not go away no matter what you do. It
can be caused by a strong impression- seeing
mom and dad kissing for first time or seeing
your mother naked, especially in the Phallic
stage when the boys want their mother for
themselves. Another way to get a fixation
is if a child is unable to get a proper (for
the corresponding stage) gratification of
its drive.
Ok now we have a fixation but what happens
if we include the Ego and dynamic model.
Well, the Ego is the one deciding if it`s
allowed to have this fixation and become perverted
or to push it into the unconsciousness and
stay normal that`s called Suppression.
And let`s add another friend Regression where
does it come from and what is its role?
Regression comes when a person is unable to
give satisfaction to an instinct because the
reality stand in the way- you see that amazing
girl walking in the classroom and your first
thought is about a dark room and a bed, but
you`re in school it`s daylight and she has
a boyfriend- that`s the reality principle.
but you still have the drive so In an effort
to calm down you start chewing on your pen.
Sounds familiar- that`s regression you want
sex but you end up with a pen in your mouth
that`s a regression into the oral stage. It`s
possible because of the already existing fixation
in the oral stage.
But now let` s say her boyfriend is your best
friend, you still have the drive, the regression
and the chewing but now your ego is disagreeing
because the guy is your best friend, he knows
you too well and he`ll figure out pretty fast
why are you chewing that pen. So we have guilt
on to the top of that! it`s unbearable, in
an effort to avoid looking at both of them-
the girl and your best friend you start arranging
your textbooks and pen obsessively but then
you start doing it at home, at school and
later on in work and freak out when they are
out of order - congratulation you`ve achieved
your first neurosis.
The symptom of neurosis which in our case
is the obsessive desire to arrange books and
pens can be explained as an action to compromise
when the ego is disagreeing with a new way
of gratification (the chewing of a pen). It`s
a conflict between the desires of the ego
and the sexual desires.
And talking about sexual desire in the next
video I’ll be explaining the connection
between Libido and Narcissism so if you`re
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