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Daniela's paper carries us to the outer limits of the psychoanalytical field, which are the most prolific ones for research and the progress of knowledge. As the author demonstrates, the impasse itself is the place where the elaboration begins. Starting with Freud's impasse concerning the psychoanalytical treatment of the individual with narcissistic traits, Daniela smoothly guides us into the narcissistic patients' world, starting with the dawns of psychic life into the depths of countertransference, presumed by the working technique with such aspects of personality.
From a wide perspective regarding the theoretical and technical aspects inspired by narcissism, Daniela offers us a detailed analysis of the processes of archaic development, taking into consideration the newest perspectives. The play between erotism and self-preservation is nowadays considered a premise of the narcissistic development, which led to the creation of a series of modern theories regarding this stage of development.
Corcos54 conveys the idea of the lack of support at the origin of the narcissistic disorders as a result of the anaclitic depression and of the absence of the internal object. He states: