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H N Boris

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PubMed1990

Identification with a vengeance.

Identifications motivated by envy, in contrast to those based on admiration, a desire for affiliation or augmentation of the self, attempt to wreak vengeance on the object by denying it is as source. Instead of expressing the identity between subject and object, these identifications analogize to it, and then destroy the link. Envy is based on greed. Greed, unlike appetite, is insatiable. The ongoing desirability of the object makes it appear powerful and unforgettable--hence an object of ongoing envy. The question of what makes people unable to develop appetite is considered both from the point of view of the object and the possible innate unsatisfiability of the subject.

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PubMed1984

On the treatment of anorexia nervosa.

The omnipotent triumph over the selfpossessed object: this is the anorectic's raison d'être. The successful evasion of being by love possessed, this is the methodology. Never to be found wanting, that is her interface. To be totally self-possessed, that is the self she wishes to provide herself. Analysis to such a person is not a welcome procedure. In this report I have set out some approaches I have found helpful and pitfalls to be avoided.

Anorexia Nervosa↗
PubMed1984

The problem of anorexia nervosa.

In anorexia nervosa the pain of hunger or, alternatively (in bulemia), of glut recalls Freud's aphorism that the man with toothache cannot fall in love. But object longing remains and stimulates such envy that the anorectic must project her wishes; she is not be found wanting. The use of projection, in turn, complicates self-other boundaries, with the result that she experiences not only people but even food as overpowering. This, then, excites more envy, indeed an envy so ruinous that self-starvation or compulsive evacuations are employed additionally to make reparation. Because all of this condenses into Less is More, the anorexic poses particular problems for analytic treatment, which is the subject of a companion paper.

Anorexia Nervosa↗