Tag: emotional repression

November 14, 2025 / Mohammed looti

STRANGULATED AFFECT

The Concept of Strangulated Affect The term Strangulated Affect describes a specific psychological phenomenon rooted deeply within early psychodynamic theory, particularly the foundational work of Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer. It refers fundamentally to the physical symptomology that arises when a person actively inhibits or suppresses the normal, healthy discharge of an intense emotion or […]

November 13, 2025 / Mohammed looti

AUTHORITY COMPLEX

Defining the Authority Complex: Core Concepts and Repression The Authority Complex represents a pervasive and often debilitating pattern of emotionally charged concepts concerning power, control, and governance that resides within the psyche of an individual. Fundamentally, this complex involves the partial or complete repression of one’s inherent or perceived needs for autonomy and authority. When […]