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'''Wolf Man''' was a pseudonym used for one of [[Sigmund Freud]]'s [[:Category:Famous Patients|famous patients]], [[Sergei Pankejeff]].
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'''Wolf Man''' was a pseudonym used for one of [[Sigmund Freud]]'s  
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The "Wolf Man" case was Freud's most elaborate case history, containing a wealth of clinical and theoretical points.
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He was nicknamed the "Wolf Man" because of a striking dream which he recalled having at the age of four, and which marked the beginning of his [[neurosis]].  In it, he dreamt of several wolves staring at him, withtheir ears pricked up, paying attention to him.  It was through the analysis of this [[dream]], and reconstructed childhood events, that [[Freud]] introduced the idea of the [[primal scene]], the [[scene]] of sexual intercourse between the parents thtat the child observes or infers. 
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It was also in this case history that he described in detail the concept of 'after-revision' or 'deferred action' (Nachträglichkeit).  The primal scene is grasped and interpreted by the child some time later than his original observation of it, by after-revisin at a time when he can put it into words.
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[[:Category:Famous Patients|famous patients]], [[Sergei Pankejeff]].
 
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Wolf Man was a pseudonym used for one of Sigmund Freud's

The "Wolf Man" case was Freud's most elaborate case history, containing a wealth of clinical and theoretical points.

He was nicknamed the "Wolf Man" because of a striking dream which he recalled having at the age of four, and which marked the beginning of his neurosis. In it, he dreamt of several wolves staring at him, withtheir ears pricked up, paying attention to him. It was through the analysis of this dream, and reconstructed childhood events, that Freud introduced the idea of the primal scene, the scene of sexual intercourse between the parents thtat the child observes or infers.

It was also in this case history that he described in detail the concept of 'after-revision' or 'deferred action' (Nachträglichkeit). The primal scene is grasped and interpreted by the child some time later than his original observation of it, by after-revisin at a time when he can put it into words.







famous patients, Sergei Pankejeff.