ABSTRACT This paper explores the author’s clinical work with a young boy between the ages of four and eleven. The author postulates that there are, in addition to “defenses of the self” that develop in a pathological, indeed, toxic way to isolate the child by alienating others and making the child emotionally sick, healthier defenses of the self, which are described as image-producing antibodies that work to undo the toxic effects of morbid defenses. These healthy defenses of the developing self are called psychic antibodies. The author presents his hypothesis of the psychic immune system and its functioning based on his work with “Willy,” using, as further empirical evidence, a brief history of Willy’s birth, infancy, and early childhood, four sandplays, and seven dreams.

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精神抗体假说

摘要 本文探讨了作者对一名 4 至 11 岁小男孩的临床工作。作者假设，除了以病态的、实际上有毒的方式发展的“自我防御”之外，通过疏远他人并使孩子情绪上生病来孤立孩子，还有更健康的自我防御，这些被描述为产生图像的抗体可以消除病态防御的毒性作用。这些正在发展的自我的健康防御被称为心理抗体。作者根据他与“威利”的合作，提出了他对精神免疫系统及其功能的假设，并使用威利的出生、婴儿和幼儿期的简史、四个沙盘游戏和七个梦作为进一步的经验证据。