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"===Symptoms===[[Obsessional neurosis]]" ([[Fr]]. ''[[névrose obsessionnelle]]'') was first developed as a diagnostic category by [[Sigmund Freudcategory]] in 1894. [[Obsessional neurosis]] was first developed as a diagnostic category by [[Sigmund Freud]] in 1894. ===Obsessional Symptoms=== In doing so, [[Freud]] grouped together as one condition a series of [[symptom]]s which had been described long before but which had been linked with a variety of different diagnostic [[categories]].<ref>Laplanche , Jean and Pontalis, Jean-Bertrand. ''The [[Language]] of [[Psycho]]-[[Analysis]]'', trans. Donald Nicholson-Smith, [[London]]: Hogarth Press and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis, 1973 [1967. p.]: 281-2</ref>  These [[symptom]]s include obsessions (recurrent [[ideas]]), impulses to perform actions which seem absurd and/or abhorrent to the [[subject]], and 'rituals' (compulsively repeated actions such as checking or washing). "[[Freudrituals]] grouped together as one condition a series of [[symptom]]s, which include:* obsessions (recurrent ideas), * impulses to perform actions which seem absurd and/or abhorrent to the subject, and * 'rituals' " (compulsively repeated actions such as checking or washing).

Which ===Structure===While [[Lacan]] also sees these [[symptom]]s as typical of [[obsessional neurosis]], he argues that [[obsessional neurosis]] designates not a set of [[symptom]]s but an underlying [[structure]] which may or may not [[manifest ]] itself in the [[symptom]]s typically associated with it.  Thus the [[subject]] may well exhibit none of the typical obsessional [[symptom]]s and yet still be diagnosed as an [[obsessional neurotic]] by a [[Lacan]]ian [[analyst]]. For [[Lacan]], the term "[[obsessional neurosis]]" denotes not a set of [[symptom]]s but an underlying [[structure]] -- which may or may not manifest itself in the [[symptom]]s typically associated with it. --

===Question of Existence===In 1956, [[Lacan]] develops the [[idea ]] that, like [[hysteria]], [[obsessional neurosis]] is essentially a question which [[being]] poses for the [[subject]].<ref>{{S3}} ppp.179-80</ref> The question which constitutes [[obsessional neurosis]] concerns the [[contingency]] of one's [[existence]] (which also testifies to the special burden of [[guilt]] felt by the [[obsessional]]); the [[obsessional]] performs some compulsive [[ritual]] because he thinks that this will enable him to escape the [[lack]] in the [[Other]], the [[castration]] of the [[Other]], which is often represented in [[fantasy]] as some terrible disaster.

The question which constitutes ===Example of Rat Man===For example, in the [[obsessional neurosiscase]] concerns the contingency of oneof [[Freud]]'s [[existenceobsessional neurotic]] [[patient]] (which also testifies to the special burden of s, whom [[guiltFreud]] felt by nicknamed the [[obsessionalRat Man]]); , the [[obsessionalpatient]] performs some compulsive ritual because had developed elaborate rituals which he thinks that this will enable him performed to escape war off the [[lackfear]] in the of a terrible [[Otherpunishment]], the being inflicted on his [[castrationfather]] of the or on his [[Otherbeloved]].<ref>[[Freud|Freud, which is often represented in Sigmund]]. "[[fantasyWorks of Sigmund Freud|Notes Upon a Case of Obsessional Neurosis]] as some terrible disaster," 1909d.[[SE]] X, 155</ref>

For example, in ===Sexual Position===Whereas the case of one of [[Freudhysterical]]'s question concerns the [[obsessional neuroticsubject]] 's [[patientsexual position]]s, whom ("Am I a [[Freudman]] nicknamed the or a [[Rat Manwoman]]?"), the [[patientobsessional neurotic]] had developed elaborate rituals which he performed to war off the repudiates this question, refusing both [[fearsexes]] of a terrible punishment being inflicted on his , calling himself neither [[fathermale]] or on his beloved.<ref>nor [[Freud|Freud, Sigmundfemale]]. 1909d.</ref>:

These rituals, both in their form and content, led [[Freud]] to draw parallels between the [<blockquote>"The obsessional is precisely neither one [structure]sex] of [[obsessional neurosis]] and nor the [[structure] of [[religion]], parallels which [[Lacan]] other - one may also notessay that he is both at once."<ref>{{S3}} p.249</ref></blockquote>

-- Whereas the [[hysterical]] question concerns the [[subject]]'s [[sexual position]] ("Am I a [[man]] or a [[woman]]?"), the [[obsessional neurotic]] repudiates this question, refusing both sexes, calling himself neither [[male]] nor [[female]]: <blockquote>"The obsessional is precisely neither one [sex] nor the other - one may also say that he is both at once."<ref>{{S3}} p.249</ref></blockquote> -- [[Lacan]] also draws attention to the way that the [[obsessional neurotic]]'s question about [[existence]] ===Guilt and [[death]] has consequences for his attitude to [[time]]. This attitude can be one of perpetual hesitation and procrastination while waiting for [[death]],<ref>{{E}} p.99</ref> or of considering oneself immortal because one is already [[dead]].<ref>{{S3}} p.180</ref> --Anal Eroticism===Other features of [[obsessional neurosis]] which [[Lacan]] comments on are the [[sense ]] of [[guilt]], and the close connection with [[anal ]] [[eroticism]].  In respect of the latter, [[Lacan]] remarks that the [[Obsessional neurosis|obsessional neurotic ]] does not only trnsform transform his shit into gifts and his gifts into shit, but also transforms himself into shit.<ref>{{S8}} p.243</ref>