The Role of Unconscious Homosexuality in the Paranoid Constellation

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ID9230281
AuthorsJohn Frosch (Department of Psychiatry, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Linden Boulevard at Brookdale Plaza, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11212, corresponding author)
Year1981
Volume50
Issue4
Pages587-613
Publication date1981-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Psychoanalytic Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2828 • E-ISSN: 2167-4086
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21674086.1981.11926973
PMID7302043
OpenAlexW2412678510
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

The literature dealing with Freud's original concept of unconscious homosexuality in the paranoid constellation is reviewed. Many of the more recent contributions view unconscious homosexual features as secondary to others; as such, they are pseudophenomena. This communication suggests that unconscious homosexuality in the male is denied, rejected, and projected because the passive, anal, sadomasochistic aspects are felt as degrading and humiliating. In the female, unconscious homosexuality is also felt as degrading and humiliating. In both sexes, the feeling of humiliation derives from real experiences in childhood. Unconscious homosexuality is viewed as the organizing principle in the paranoid constellation

Constellation · Feeling · Homosexuality · Humiliation · Id, ego and super-ego · Personal unconscious · Psychoanalysis · Unconscious mind · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

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