So much of psychoanalytic interest has been concerned about trauma during the Oedipal phase that sometimes not enough emphasis is placed on the first year of a child's life.
Using the analogy of a tree, if we place a cut in a tree while it is very young, there will be a deep wide gash in it when it reaches maturity.
Similarly it would appear that the earlier in a child's life a TRAUMA occurs the greater effect it will have on the development of the PERSONALITY.
Also naturally there will be a different quality to the symptoms in an adult when the trauma occurred at an earlier age.
The adult who has been rejected during the first few months of life will be very concerned with oral matters and with acceptance or rejection and may react with great anger to any rejection.
One of the more common defenses against this is withdrawal of feeling from others so as not to get enough involved to be able to be rejected.
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NOW, PUT THIS ADOPTED CHILD INTO A GAY FAMILY!!!!
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A rejected family!
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So much of psychoanalytic interest has been concerned about trauma during the Oedipal phase that sometimes not enough emphasis is placed on the first year of a child's life.
Using the analogy of a tree, if we place a cut in a tree while it is very young, there will be a deep wide gash in it when it reaches maturity.
Similarly it would appear that the earlier in a child's life a TRAUMA occurs the greater effect it will have on the development of the PERSONALITY.
Also naturally there will be a different quality to the symptoms in an adult when the trauma occurred at an earlier age.
The adult who has been rejected during the first few months of life will be very concerned with oral matters and with acceptance or rejection and may react with great anger to any rejection.
One of the more common defenses against this is withdrawal of feeling from others so as not to get enough involved to be able to be rejected.
.
NOW, PUT THIS ADOPTED CHILD INTO A GAY FAMILY!!!!
.
A rejected family!
.