[Fear of breakdown].

By D. Winnicott. Psyche, 2019

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I have attempted to show that fear of breakdown can be a fear of a past event that has not yet been experienced. The need to experience it is equivalent to a need to remember in terms of the analysis of psychoneurotics.This idea can be applied to other allied fears, and I have mentioned the fear of death and the search for emptiness.

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1. M. Main
2. E. Hesse
3. Jon Mills
4. Peter Fonagy
5. A. Slade
6. M. Del Giudice
7. L. Diamond
8. Jon G. Allen

Citations in the corpus

• Disorganized Infant, Child, and Adult Attachment: Collapse in Behavioral and Attentional Strategies (2000, background): “In this context a paper by Winnicott (1974) entitled “Fear of Breakdown” warrants consideration (see Hesse and Main 1999).18 Winnicott contends that “Fear of breakdown is the fear of a breakdown that has already been experienced.”
• Handbook of Art Therapy (2002, unknown): “Winnicott (1971) developed a variation of the scribble technique, the “squiggle game,” as a way to establish rapport with children as well as a tool to encourage creative expression.”
• “You Must Remember This” (2009, unknown): “(Winnicott, 1974, p. 104).”