Difference between revisions of "Compulsion"

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In psychoanalysis, the compulsion to repeat (also referred to as '[[repetition compulsion') is a powerful process originating in the unconscious.

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-Compulsion is a mental pressure of internal origin compelling the subject to think, act, or react in accordance with specific modalities that do not coincide with his habitual patterns of thought. Freud used the German term Zwang to describe this concept. In an article written in French in 1894 ("Obsessions et phobies"), Freud used an equivalent term, obsession. The word "compulsion," attested in French as early as 1298, is derived from the Latin compulsio and originally signified a "constraint, a legal summons, or formal...
+In [[psychoanalysis]], the [[compulsion to repeat]] (also referred to as '[[repetition compulsion') is a powerful process originating in the [[unconscious]].
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