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CathexisIn our understanding, when used to define narcissism, the term cathexis refers to the fact that one experiences one's self-concept as inseparable from one's self. It highlights the intimate integration of this self-concept. It becomes easier to understand if we think of it in relation to the integration of the sense of identity. Cathexis, then, means the integration of one's identity. We term this integration, in our work, self-realization. In other words, the cathexis of the self is a psychoanalytic concept that approximates our concept of the realization of the self. (The Point of Existence, pg 478)
Narcissism is the cathexis (libidinal investment) of the self. (The Point of Existence)
Libidinal cathexis shifts substantially into the
service of the rapidly growing autonomous ego and its functions,
and the child seems intoxicated with his own faculties and with
the greatness of his own world. (The Pearl Beyond Price) |
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