"American incest patterns" - читать интересную книгу автора (Wilson James P.)

SUMMARY OF CASE HISTORY THREE

The Encyclopedia of Human Behavior describes the emotion of fear as, "… a reaction to a recognized threat characterized by a feeling of disagreeable tension and an impulse to escape the danger." It goes on to say that, "… fear, then, can be either stimulating or paralyzing…"

In the case of Richard C., the tensions aroused by fear happened to be paralyzing. This paralysis caused his impotency. At middle-age, he lost his job, and because of a black list maintained by his former employer, Richard C. found himself unemployable. He turned inward for protection. This inward turning brought him into close physical contact with his own family. First, he had sexual relations with his own mother. This affair taught him that he wasn't impotent after all. And when his mother wasn't convenient, he accepted his sixteen-year-old daughter for a wife surrogate. He simply couldn't erect with a woman outside of his family because of his mental condition.

He associated all outsiders as enemies who were in league with his former employer. Richard C.'s fears originated from a traumatic experience which grew to threaten his self-esteem and moral worth. No one would employ him. He couldn't get a job. The world was against him, or so he felt. Only his family could adequately protect him. If he had sexual relations with a female outside the circle of his family, he would somehow jeopardize his safety. Or so he felt.

Once the analyst properly located and identified the root of his problem, he was able to affect a cure. Despite his age, Richard C. had other talents and other abilities. He still wasn't too old to train himself for other but lower paying positions. Once he began to support himself again, his self-esteem returned, and he felt worthy again worthy of courting and relating to a woman outside of his immediate family. Once this happened, the need for an incestuous relationship with his mother and daughter disappeared.