ABSTRACT
The theme of constantly redefining its self-image and re-establishing its borders seems to be a leitmotiv of Polish history. Settling the Polish borders after World War One, and the fact that the borders were approved by Germany in 1989, constitutes a very important factor in the current image of Poles and Poland. Polish history is a story in which the theme of dependency and the fight for sovereignty can be considered as a leitmotiv. Polish dependency, mostly ono its powerful neighbours, has a long history. Covering the anxiety resulting from regained independence, building one’s own position and prestige, and increasing ownership and enrichment, would protect the recovered self in a more mature way. Chronologically speaking, Adolph Stern, an American psychoanalyst, was the first to describe the set of symptoms typical of borderline disorder. Idealisation, to some extent, allows the unbearable emptiness resulting from one’s own weak ego to be disguised.
