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Carl Gustav Jung
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology Section section-0117
Section 117 of 508
Canonical reference section-0117
English
Various; edited by Constance E. Long
The important heuristic axiom of every psychoanalysis reads as follows: If a person develops a neurosis this neurosis contains the counter-argument against the relation of the patient to the individual with whom he is most intimately connected. A neurosis in the husband loudly proclaims that he has intensive resistances and contrary tendencies against his wife; if the wife has a neurosis she has a tendency which diverges from her husband. If the person is unmarried the neurosis is then directed against the lover or the sweetheart or against [130] the parents. Every neurotic naturally strives against this relentless formulation of the content of his neurosis, and he often refuses to recognise it at any cost, but still it is always justified. To be sure, the conflict is not on the surface, but must generally be revealed through a painstaking psychoanalysis.
The history of our patient reads as follows:
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
L'important axiome heuristique de toute psychanalyse s'énonce ainsi : si une personne développe une névrose, cette névrose contient le contre-argument opposé à la relation du patient avec l'individu auquel il est le plus intimement lié. Une névrose chez le mari proclame hautement qu'il nourrit d'intenses résistances et des tendances contraires à l'égard de sa femme. Si c'est la femme qui souffre d'une névrose, elle possède une tendance qui diverge de celle de son mari. Si la personne n'est pas mariée, la névrose est alors dirigée contre l'amant ou l'être aimé, ou contre [130] les parents. Tout névrosé lutte naturellement contre cette formulation implacable du contenu de sa névrose et refuse souvent de la reconnaître à quelque prix que ce soit. Elle n'en est pas moins toujours justifiée. Certes, le conflit ne se trouve pas à la surface, mais doit généralement être mis au jour par une psychanalyse laborieuse.
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