The Traumatic Element in the Typical Dream of Feeling Embarrassed at Being Naked
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8334307 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wayne A Myers (180 East 79th Street (Apt. ID) New York, NY 10021, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-130 |
| Publication date | 1989-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000306518903700106 |
| PMID | 2708770 |
| OpenAlex | W2034235204 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
Material is presented from three cases, where analysis of repetitive dreams of feeling embarrassment at being partially or totally naked was an important feature of the treatment. The indifference by the other people in the dream to the dreamer's nakedness was initially linked to perceived transference slights at the hands of the analyst, and later to repeated episodes of actually being treated indifferently at the hands of the parents. This indifference was related to latency or adolescent attempts by the patients to gain love or attention from the parents by exhibitionistic means. The stereotypical presentation of the manifest content of these dreams is seen as evidence for their underlying traumatic roots. Such dreams are likened to the typical examination dreams described by Freud, which have also been noted by others to have traumatic roots. This finding is consistent with my own work with certain repetitive manifest dream configurations and with Freud's (1920) reevaluation of his theory of dreams in Beyond the Pleasure Principle, wherein he noted that dreams of patients suffering from traumatic neurosis often manifestly repeated the traumatic situation in an attempt to master it retrospectively
Content (measure theory) · Dream · Element (criminal law) · Embarrassment · Feeling · Pleasure · Presentation (obstetrics) · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Medicine · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Social Psychology · Surgery
Beyond the Pleasure Principle.
An Athletic Example of the Typical Examination Dream
A Transference Dream with Superego Implications
On Examination Dreams
Split Self-Representation and the Primal Scene
Typical Examination Dreams, “Superego Dreams,” and Traumatic Dreams
A Lion Hunter’s Dreams
Dynamic Therapy of the Older Patient
The Significance of the Colors Black and White in the Dreams of Black and White Patients
The Analyst and the Hippocratic Oath
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2023 (32) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |