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The development of an obsessional disorder is similar to the development of other types of disorders. Generally speaking, when an infant is denied the presence of a significant other (parent), the baby will innately scream and cry out in order to communicate with a parent. This painful screaming cry is the infant's primal attempt at getting a parent to respond to a real need (the cry is "Mama, I need you"). If there is no parental response, the child will go into extreme shock, as every cell in the body aches for love and attention. Unfortunately, the child eventually stops crying, goes emotionally dead, stops feeling and becomes crazy. Thus begins the escape and retreat into the psyche and the development of a mental disorder. Continual parental unresponsiveness will cause a systematic and methodical closing down and denial of the child's real self. The child is left wondering why someone doesn't come to relieve the pain.
Suffering until a parent comes, the child becomes a candidate for disturbing obsessions and an obsessive love disorder. In order to survive, a retreat into an unreal, unfeeling world of obsessive love fantasies will be necessary. It is from this fantasy world that, as an adult, the individual will obsess about seducing a sought after lover, perhaps a fatal attraction, who is misperceived as being able to provide all of the narcissistic nutrients (love) that were needed in infancy. Narcissistically, the adult longs to return to that very unique and special place of nirvanic union and exclusive intimacy with mother. Intense pain is caused by the casting out and separation from the world of perfect union with mother, never to return again.
Interesting, but I am skeptical that this should be considered a true disorder. This might just be a glorification of really obsessive, spirit-breaking crushes (Ugh. The only crushes I ever have).
I'm going to be seeing Demetri Martin and Sondre Lerche within the next two weeks. Lucky me. (:
Suffering until a parent comes, the child becomes a candidate for disturbing obsessions and an obsessive love disorder. In order to survive, a retreat into an unreal, unfeeling world of obsessive love fantasies will be necessary. It is from this fantasy world that, as an adult, the individual will obsess about seducing a sought after lover, perhaps a fatal attraction, who is misperceived as being able to provide all of the narcissistic nutrients (love) that were needed in infancy. Narcissistically, the adult longs to return to that very unique and special place of nirvanic union and exclusive intimacy with mother. Intense pain is caused by the casting out and separation from the world of perfect union with mother, never to return again.
Interesting, but I am skeptical that this should be considered a true disorder. This might just be a glorification of really obsessive, spirit-breaking crushes (Ugh. The only crushes I ever have).
I'm going to be seeing Demetri Martin and Sondre Lerche within the next two weeks. Lucky me. (: