The Organization of the Self-Representation and Its Influence on Pathology
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TL;DR
Oedipal identifications internalize the ego capacity to maintain the self-representation and its stability, requiring special defenses to deal with the narcissistic stress.
Abstract
Units within the self-representation provide the quality for ego activity. The ego selects and cathects the appropriate unit of the self-representation. Oedipal identifications internalize the ego capacity to maintain the self-representation and its stability. Conflict can promote instability within the self-representation requiring special defenses to deal with the narcissistic stress. Such narcissistic conflict can arise at all levels of maturity.