ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses that the Freud's Theory of Psychosis. It shows that the similarity to transference neuroses, according to Freud. In transference neuroses, the pull regressively comes from old childhood fixations on incestuous or otherwise forbidden objects. According to an astute observation by Glover, this type of hypochondria is the psychotic's effort to "theorize" about the strange bodily experiences produced by the objectless libido that attaches itself to his body organs. The pain of narcissistic regression motivates the psychotic's attempts to make restitution-that is, to regain contact with objects in order to "cure" the psychotic state. So much cathexis has been fixated at an early objectless state that not much is left over for later development, later development being merely an attempt to defend against the traumatic core. The frustration for schizoid persons in early adulthood is often an experience such as marriage, which interferes with the defense of keeping distance from emotional involvements.
