On Those Wrecked By Success

A Clinical Inquiry

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9230348
AutoresSteven T Levy (Emory University School of Medicine Psychoanalytic Institute 1701 Upper gate Drive, Room 414 Atlanta, GA 30322), Beth J Seelig (Emory University School of Medicine Psychoanalytic Institute 1701 Upper gate Drive, Room 414 Atlanta, GA 30322), Lawrence B Inderbitzin (Emory University School of Medicine Psychoanalytic Institute 1701 Upper gate Drive, Room 414 Atlanta, GA 30322)
Año1995
Volumen64
Número4
Páginas639-657
Fecha de publicación1995-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Psychoanalytic Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-2828 • E-ISSN: 2167-4086
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21674086.1995.11927468
PMID8584592
OpenAlexW2473513747
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas2

Freud's description of those wrecked by success outlines conflicted oedipal triumph as the central underlying dynamic in this character type. It does not distinguish those patients who avoid success from those driven to achieve and then wreck their success. We present a complex picture that we believe is prototypic of patients who destroy their success. A clinical case illustrates our point of view. We emphasize the developmental problems we believe typical of patients who dramatically wreck the success they achieve. We hope to extend rather than replace Freud's landmark contribution to our understanding of this type of character pathology

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