“A person who suffers from severe locomotor anxiety finds himself in an almost permanent state of mental tension. He wakes in the morning with the anxious expectation of having to go out somewhere in the course of the day.” PersonsStatesSufferingCoursesMorningAnxietyExpectationsPermanentTensionAnxiousSevere Book:Selected Papers on Psychoanalysis Source: Selected Papers on Psychoanalysis
“Both dreams and neurotic dream-states have as their function the avoidance of displeasure, but the dream-states also serve to provide a positive pleasure gain.” StatesDreamPleasureGainsFunctionNeuroticAvoidanceDispleasure Book:Selected Papers of Karl Abraham, M.D. Source: Selected Papers of Karl Abraham, M.D.
“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.