Version 1
: Received: 1 August 2023 / Approved: 7 August 2023 / Online: 7 August 2023 (04:56:38 CEST)
How to cite:
De Assis, R.; O'Loughlin, M. “I Walked under the Rain without Getting Wet”: War Trauma and Its Impact on the Narcissistic Structure of a Child. Preprints2023, 2023080475. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0475.v1
De Assis, R.; O'Loughlin, M. “I Walked under the Rain without Getting Wet”: War Trauma and Its Impact on the Narcissistic Structure of a Child. Preprints 2023, 2023080475. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0475.v1
De Assis, R.; O'Loughlin, M. “I Walked under the Rain without Getting Wet”: War Trauma and Its Impact on the Narcissistic Structure of a Child. Preprints2023, 2023080475. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0475.v1
APA Style
De Assis, R., & O'Loughlin, M. (2023). “I Walked under the Rain without Getting Wet”: War Trauma and Its Impact on the Narcissistic Structure of a Child. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0475.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
De Assis, R. and Michael O'Loughlin. 2023 "“I Walked under the Rain without Getting Wet”: War Trauma and Its Impact on the Narcissistic Structure of a Child" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0475.v1
Abstract
We explicate a traumatized child's narcissistic defense against trauma. Following a review of psychoanalytic understandings of trauma we explore the invocation of narcissistic defenses against trauma. The phenomenon of Nachträglichkeit or après-coup is explored, and the paper concludes with clinical illustration drawn from the experience of a young boy who suffered significant separation trauma during the Holocaust.
Keywords
narcissism; trauma; child trauma, apres coup; Holocaust trauma; narcissism as defense agaisnt trauma; trauma impasse and resolution
Subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
Copyright:
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