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The re-evaluation of repetition which Soavi has proposed allows me to deal with a more general theme: the possibility of emphasizing the manifestations of an aspect of the self riddled with narcissistic wounds which I would like to define as “the rejected child”.
In fact, I believe that repetition in analysis is both a manifestation of this aspect of the self, and a shy request for acceptance and compensation. With regard to this subject, I intend to deal with the technical implications which have arisen.
In the course of my work, I have noticed that many patients harbour an extremely distressing fantasy: the very fantasy of a child who has no right to exist. In dreams, this fantasy is represented by a child made out of faeces, of urine, thrown into the rubbish-bin, a monster, and so on.
I believe H. Rosenfeld (1987, 267) speaks of something similar when, in his latest book, Impasse and Interpretation, he talks about finding himself of late in situations where patients complained about containing something deadly, without there being the possibility of connecting this