The fear of success
Tuesday, 28. October 2008, 21:34:59
You may already know about the fear of failure but have you ever heard of the fear of success ?
According to Freud1 and Laforgue2, failure would be a kind of preventive self-castration and success may symbolize realization of the forbidden Oedipal desires.
What is your point of view ?
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1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Laforgue
According to Freud1 and Laforgue2, failure would be a kind of preventive self-castration and success may symbolize realization of the forbidden Oedipal desires.
What is your point of view ?
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1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Laforgue
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