Why We Sometimes Feel Jealous of Life Itself: Womb Envy, Breast Envy, and the Struggle to Receive
Have you ever felt frustrated or resentful when others seem to have something you want — whether it’s creativity, care, or recognition? Psychoanalysis has long...
Feeling Starved Inside? How Gratitude Can Transform Jealousy, Greed, and Aggression
Sometimes, even when we have love, care, or support available to us, we struggle to accept it. Psychoanalyst Alessandra Lemma calls this “psychic starvation” —...
Why We Sometimes Feel Justified in Our Anger: Resentment, Envy, and Protecting the Self
Have you ever felt angry or resentful toward someone and told yourself, “I have every right to feel this way”? Psychoanalysis helps us understand that...
The Hunger of the Soul: Why We Sometimes Feel Empty Inside
Hunger isn’t just about food. Psychoanalysis teaches us that we can feel a deep emotional and psychic hunger — a sense that something inside is...
The Forger and the Pleasure of Deception
He could paint like anyone, or perhaps better—so the world believed. Every stroke, every shadow, every flicker of color seemed effortless, as if he had...
The Master Forger: Narcissism, Imitation, and the Pleasure of Deception
In literature and history, the figure of the master forger—a person who copies, imitates, and ultimately deceives—offers a fascinating lens through which to examine the...
From Envy to Creativity: How Learning to Receive Can Fuel Your Imagination
Have you ever noticed how envy or greed can make you feel restless, frustrated, or even blocked creatively? Psychoanalysis shows that these feelings aren’t just...
Projective Identification Revisited: Ogden’s Four Aspects and Klein’s Legacy of Identification
Thomas Ogden’s 1979 paper “On Projective Identification” remains one of the most sophisticated modern reworkings of Melanie Klein’s foundational ideas. By reframing projective identification as...
When Emotions Take Over: Understanding Extreme Projective Identification and Psychosis
Sometimes, our minds try to cope with overwhelming feelings in ways that feel out of control. Psychoanalysis calls one of these processes projective identification—when we...
„You Are Not I“ – Neid, Gier und die Zersetzung der inneren Welt
Sara Drivers Film You Are Not I (1981) zeigt in beklemmender Klarheit, wie das Subjekt unter der Last des Neids und der Gier nach Identität...