Hans's Phobias
- Created by: Ella M
- Created on: 19-05-13 14:44
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- Hans's Phobias
- Fear of Horses
- Hans heard his father tell his sister not to touch a horse or it would bite her
- Hans linked this to his fear of castration, as his mother told him that if he played with his penis she would cut it off
- Hans saw women as evidence of castration
- Hans linked this to his fear of castration, as his mother told him that if he played with his penis she would cut it off
- The blinkers of a horse represented Hans's father's glasses, and the black around the mouth represented his mustache
- "Don't trot away from me daddy"
- Hans heard his father tell his sister not to touch a horse or it would bite her
- Fear of baths
- Started around the time Hans's sister was born - when Hans was about 3 and a half
- Hans watched his sister being given a bath by his mother - he wished she'd drop her
- This created anxiety as he felt guilty for wishing his mother would drop his sister and was scared his mother would drop him as punishment for thinking it
- Hans watched his sister being given a bath by his mother - he wished she'd drop her
- Baths represented his mother's womb and his anxiety over childbirth
- Started around the time Hans's sister was born - when Hans was about 3 and a half
- Horse and cart phobia
- Hans saw a horse and cart fall over - he thought the horse was dead
- The horse was associated with his father and he wished his father was dead so he could have his mother for himself
- Seeing the horse increased his anxiety
- The horse was associated with his father and he wished his father was dead so he could have his mother for himself
- Hans saw a horse and cart fall over - he thought the horse was dead
- Lumf
- Hans became obsessed with his bowel movements
- They represented childbirth
- Lumf also represented laden carts
- Hans became obsessed with his bowel movements
- Criminal fantasies
- Hans had a dream that him and his father were on a train and they broke a window
- This represents Hans wanting to do something forbidden to his mother that his father is also doing
- Hans had a dream that him and his father were on a train and they broke a window
- The giraffe dream
- Hans had a dream that there were two giraffes - one big and one crumpled, Hans took the crumpled one away from the big one and sat on it, the big one started crying out.
- The big giraffe represents his father and the crumpled one represents his mother - Hans wants to take his mother away from his father
- Hans had a dream that there were two giraffes - one big and one crumpled, Hans took the crumpled one away from the big one and sat on it, the big one started crying out.
- Fear of Horses
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