“The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.” AbleInstinctAssaultRepressionRepressedMania Book:Selected Papers on Psychoanalysis Source: Selected Papers on Psychoanalysis
“Whereas the melancholic exhibits a state of general inhibition, in the manic patient even normal inhibitions of the instincts are partly or wholly abolished.” StatesNormalInstinctPatientExhibitsManicInhibitions Book:Selected Papers of Karl Abraham, M.D. Source: Selected Papers of Karl Abraham, M.D.