title: [Rejection and identity].
abstract: The author shows that the splitting of identity is reversible if the object relations are strong enough (example: Rahel Varnhagen). The schizophrenic subject escapes into another manner of being in a desperate effort to survive (example: Gregor Samsa in the novel of Kafka). A borderline patient recovers her identity by overcoming a symbiotic relationship with her psychotic mother.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
vernacular_title: Verwerfung und Identität.