This article throws light upon the five main mechanisms of dream work. The mechanisms are: 1. Condensation 2. Displacement 3. Dramatization 4. Secondary Elaboration. Mechanism # 1. Condensation: It is an unconscious mechanism by which dream work is accomplished. A single item of the manifest content of the dream may be formed of parts of several ideas and wishes of [...]
This article throws light upon the three main categories of conversion hysteria in humans. The types are: 1. Sensory Conversion 2. Motor Symptoms 3. Visceral Disorder Type # 1. Sensory Conversion: This refers to the inability to receive sensory stimuli. Anyone of the senses like visual, or tactual may be involved. The most common forms of Sensory Conversion described by [...]
After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Subject-Matter of Neuroses 2. Characteristics of Neuroses 3. Symptoms 4. Consequences 5. Secondary Gains. Subject-Matter of Neuroses: A neurotic personality is impoverished and more often than not governed by severe anxiety. The central dynamic factor in neuroses is repression and other important defence mechanisms like projection, regression by which the ego [...]