The Dreaded Promise of Christmas and The New Year
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9231698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leonard Shengold (New York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1351-1360 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Psychoanalytic Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2828 • E-ISSN: 2167-4086 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.2167-4086.2007.tb00307.x |
| PMID | 18085014 |
| OpenAlex | W2085118957 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
For many patients, mixed feelings of promise and dread that can accompany the holiday season appear in consciousness faintly and fleetingly, usually in the form of bad expectations. But the "dreaded promise" (an oxymoron) of change can come to full life and is always potentially present, especially at separations, and is usually perceptible by the analyst. The dread can be accompanied by expectations full of wonderful promise. The promise of Christmas is followed by the promise of New Year's Day--a time for new beginnings and resolutions aimed at changes for the better. But, for some, happy expectations evoking change have in the past been succeeded by bad ones, and the revival of predominant dread can be cruel and repetitive
Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Historical and Architectural Studies · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |