TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - On being lonely: fear of one's own aggression as an impediment to intimacy
JO  - Psychoanalytic quarterly
A1  - Richards, Arlene Kramer
A1  - Spira, Lucille
SP  - 357
EP  - 375
VL  - 72
IS  - 2
N2  - This paper considers loneliness from the point of view of compromise formation and the development of fantasy as a means of defending against painful affect. Our idea is that at least one strand of loneliness derives from longing for an ideal object with whom one would never have to feel aggression and from whom no aggressive actions would have to be tolerated. The development of such a fantasy in a middle-aged man is traced to early loss of a parent with missed mourning, and is shown to be ameliorated by psychoanalytic treatment that allowed the mourning to take place.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-2828
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -