@article{ref1,
title="The burden of the ego-ideal and the refusal of development",
journal="British journal of psychotherapy",
year="2024",
author="Rigg, Peter",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This study provides an account of the way shame, intrusion or other adverse experiences in early childhood can prevent genuine identification with an ego-ideal, which is felt to be a burden. I argue that the ego-ideal is necessary to impel the individual towards continual growth and that its absence vitiates the formation of a durable ego. The paper points out the consequences for the subject, which include incapacitation of the ego and the desire to circumvent life.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0265-9883",
doi="10.1111/bjp.12901",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12901"
}