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- Title
The Love Problem of a Student—Revisited: A Psycho‐Ethical Map for Cases of Anima Projection.
- Authors
Polipo, Niccolò Fiorentino
- Abstract
In its typical form, an "anima projection" is a psychic experience in which a heterosexual man is caught up by an intense, almost magical attraction for a woman. What sets these numinous experiences apart from a common "crush" is a pattern of specific phenomenological characteristics. Anima projections are particularly common in late adolescence and early adulthood, when they can cause a deep sense of disorientation. Little education exists for young men on how to deal with these experiences and to actualize the developmental opportunity that underlies them. In this paper, I frame anima projections as an ethical problem and outline a psycho‐ethical "map" that is intended for use by disoriented young men, or by any practitioner who may be tasked with helping them navigate this challenge along the path of individuation. The map considers four solutions to the love problem: the "concretistic‐literal", the "fearful‐avoidant", the "rational‐depressive", and the "transitional‐developmental" solution, and indicates the latter as the one that is conducive to optimal psychic development. Although developed with a focus on young men, the map may apply to other relations based on projection, regardless of age, sex, gender, or sexual orientation.
- Subjects
INDIVIDUATION (Psychology); ETHICAL problems; SEXUAL orientation; HETEROSEXUAL men; YOUNG men; ADULTS
- Publication
Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2024, Vol 69, Issue 3, p389
- ISSN
0021-8774
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-5922.12999