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In response to many requests I have prepared the following brief synopsis of the theoretical views I have expounded over the last twenty years. (See bibliography.)
1An ego is present from birth.
2Libido is a function of the ego.
3There is no death instinct; and aggression is a reaction to frustration or deprivation.
4Since libido is a function of the ego and aggression is a reaction to frustration or deprivation, there is no such thing as an 'id'.
5The ego, and therefore libido, is fundamentally object-seeking.
6The earliest and original form of anxiety, as experienced by the child, is separation-anxiety.
7Internalization of the object is a defensive measure originally adopted by the child to deal with his original object (the mother and her breast) in so far as it is unsatisfying.
8Internalization of the object is not just a product of a phantasy of incorporating the object orally, but is a distinct psychological process.