title: Psychic trauma and masochism.
abstract: Three analyses are presented in which acute trauma (overwhelming internal or external stimulation so great as to preclude the patient's utilizing his usual defenses adequately) in childhood contributed to the development of masochism. The patients later attempted mastery through repetition, reversal, and erotization , and employed regression as a defense against feared oedipal wishes.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004325:Dreams; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008398:Masochism; D009289:Narcissism; D009769:Object Attachment; D009813:Oedipus Complex; D010200:Panic; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000523:psychology*