The Schreber Case
The Schreber Case by Sigmund Freud, published by Penguin Books in 2002, presents a unique exploration of the memoirs of a conjectural patient, Daniel Paul Schreber. This 69-page work delves into Schreber’s life as a judge and doctor of law, detailing his struggle with a nervous illness that began with hypochondria and insomnia, ultimately leading to severe delusions and suicidal attempts.
In this edition, Freud analyzes the extraordinary progression of Schreber’s illness, which included bizarre delusions where he believed he was being transformed into a woman. The text investigates the potential roots of Schreber’s condition, particularly considering the possibility of repressed homosexual impulses. Readers will find a detailed examination of psychopathology and psychoanalysis, providing insights into the complexities of the human mind and the movements within psychological thought.
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The Schreber Case is distinctive from the other case histories in that it’s based on the memoirs of a conjectural patient. Schreber was a judge and doctor of law who lived according to a strict set of principles. His nervous illness first manifested itself as hypochondria and insomnia – which he put down to his excessive workload – but gradually deteriorated into pathological delusion. Believing himself to be dead and rotting, Schreber attempted suicide, and then went on to experience bizarre delusional epsiodes whereby he belived he was being turned into a woman. The course of this extraordinary illness is analysed by Freud in his search for a root cause – could it have been caused by homesexual impulses that Schreber tried to repress?
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