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100 1 0 _aPotamianou, Anna
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245 0 0 _aMetapsychological Bonds of Fatigue
260 _c2003.
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520 _aThis paper is concerned with the problem of persistent fatigue. It is based on a number of clinical cases which the author uses to demonstrate that even if the symptoms accompanying chronic fatigue do not have a meaning, the trajectory of their antecedents is inscribed in the subject's history. This history will have to constitute for the patient a psychical past libidinally cathected. This trajectory concerns the ego and its defense mechanisms when the constellation of these defenses is not sufficiently resistant to the storms of raging drives or to the tormoil of the environment. A clinical case is presented showing how the ego, engaged in a persistent battle with the world surrounding it and the forces within it, finds its potential reduced and worn out because of the precariousness of its defenses. Certain aspects of a therapeutic approach are discussed.
690 _aEgo
690 _aDepression
690 _aDefense mechanisms
690 _aActual neuroses
690 _aFatigue
786 0 _nRevue française de psychosomatique | o 24 | 2 | 2003-09-01 | p. 45-60 | 1164-4796
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-francaise-de-psychosomatique-2003-2-page-45?lang=en
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