Unforgetting and Excess,the Re-creation and Re-finding of Suppressed Sexuality |
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| Authors: | Ruth Stein Ph.D. |
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| Affiliation: | 1. International Psychoanalytic Society (IPA) and the Israel Psychoanalytic Society (IPS);2. International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP);3. IPTAR, NIP, IPSS;4. NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis , New York City |
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| Abstract: | This essay addresses the American term romance, or passion, so as to reflect on the reasons for its fading in a long-standing relationship. It is suggested that passion is overcoming: excitement is linked to a kind of “oedipal triumph” over internalized parents, incorporated in a prohibiting superego. In a somewhat analogous manner, bodily pleasures become revitalized and resuscitated by breaking the barriers erected around them by “forgetting,” the oblivion that grows with development and socialization. “Unforgetting” is a complex process, deeply involved with the vicissitudes of inner objects, or structures, which can be achieved during a couple's romance as a narrative over time. |
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