DECATHEXIS
Decathexis: The Withdrawal of Psychic Energy in Psychoanalytic Theory The Core Definition of Decathexis Decathexis is a central, though sometimes secondary, concept within classical Psychoanalytic theory, representing the process of withdrawing psychic energy from an object, idea, or even a mental representation of the self. At its most fundamental level, decathexis is the opposite of […]