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Greed and the Frightening Rumble of Psychic Hunger

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Many patients are desperately struggling with feelings of envy and greed. For some, greed is experienced as a constant hunger, a feeling of being empty and alone. This type of patient can be aggressive or resentful in the way they feel and act. They are determined to take what they feel is rightly theirs. Other such patients are much more conflicted about their greedy phantasies and striving. This paper focuses on patients who are fearful and anxious about the greedy urges that shape their inner world. Case material is used for illustration.

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  1. Private psychoanalytic practice, Marin County and San Francisco. Adjunct Faculty, Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies, U.S.A. e-mail:

    Robert Waska

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Waska, R. Greed and the Frightening Rumble of Psychic Hunger. Am J Psychoanal 64, 253–266 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:TAJP.0000041260.85396.cf

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