“,,The danger that arises to someone when a love object is “lost”—through death, or betrayal, or disappointment—is not primarily the loss of that particular person or institution or ideal; the danger is to the person’s sense of himself, which depends on his sense of an ongoing internal attachment to his loved object.” LoveLossSuicideMelancholyObject Relation Book:On Freud's "Mourning and Melancholia" Source: On Freud's "Mourning and Melancholia"