The Narcissistic Spectrum as a Panhuman Continuum of Psychosomatic Regulation I
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| author | Dimitris Seferiadis |
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| contents | <p>This work proposes a radical shift in the foundations of psychoanalytic thought, moving from conflict and static structure toward regulation, coherence, and the continuous movement of psychic life. The Narcissistic Spectrum is not approached as a classificatory system or a set of personality types, but as a continuum of psychosomatic regulation within which the subject constantly moves in an effort to preserve the coherence of existence in the face of disintegration, fragmentation, and loss.</p> <p>Narcissism is reformulated as a primary life function rather than a pathological trait, operating as the mechanism that sustains existence, organizes the relationship with the Other, and enables the endurance of intensity. The positions of the spectrum are not fixed identities but regulatory responses; psychopathology is not defined by the presence of a position, but by rigidity and the loss of movement across the spectrum.</p> <p>The theory integrates body, psyche, and relationship into a unified field, where the failure of psychic regulation is displaced into the body as psychosomatic expression, rendering the symptom a continuation of the same regulatory function rather than an external anomaly. At the same time, projective identification is conceptualized as the primary form of unconscious communication through which states are transmitted and relationships are regulated prior to language.</p> <p>The Narcissistic Spectrum thus emerges as a unified theoretical and clinical framework for understanding human existence as a dynamic process of regulation, where health is defined by the capacity for movement, differentiation, and return, and pathology by rigidity and the narrowing of the psychic field.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | The Narcissistic Spectrum as a Panhuman Continuum of Psychosomatic Regulation I Dimitris Seferiadis narcissism psychosomatic disorders narcissistic personality affect regulation emotional regulation borderline personality projective identification unconscious communication object relations mind body connection narcissistic spectrum dissociation psychoanalysis mental health <p>This work proposes a radical shift in the foundations of psychoanalytic thought, moving from conflict and static structure toward regulation, coherence, and the continuous movement of psychic life. The Narcissistic Spectrum is not approached as a classificatory system or a set of personality types, but as a continuum of psychosomatic regulation within which the subject constantly moves in an effort to preserve the coherence of existence in the face of disintegration, fragmentation, and loss.</p> <p>Narcissism is reformulated as a primary life function rather than a pathological trait, operating as the mechanism that sustains existence, organizes the relationship with the Other, and enables the endurance of intensity. The positions of the spectrum are not fixed identities but regulatory responses; psychopathology is not defined by the presence of a position, but by rigidity and the loss of movement across the spectrum.</p> <p>The theory integrates body, psyche, and relationship into a unified field, where the failure of psychic regulation is displaced into the body as psychosomatic expression, rendering the symptom a continuation of the same regulatory function rather than an external anomaly. At the same time, projective identification is conceptualized as the primary form of unconscious communication through which states are transmitted and relationships are regulated prior to language.</p> <p>The Narcissistic Spectrum thus emerges as a unified theoretical and clinical framework for understanding human existence as a dynamic process of regulation, where health is defined by the capacity for movement, differentiation, and return, and pathology by rigidity and the narrowing of the psychic field.</p> |
| title | The Narcissistic Spectrum as a Panhuman Continuum of Psychosomatic Regulation I |
| topic | narcissism psychosomatic disorders narcissistic personality affect regulation emotional regulation borderline personality projective identification unconscious communication object relations mind body connection narcissistic spectrum dissociation psychoanalysis mental health |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19201374 |