The paper presents the interaction approach in psychosomatics, as developed by the author. In this context the physical proceedings, which are overcome by the categories of the structure of space, differ from the psychic ones which are not of space but of time. The psyche itself is understood as an intentional experience, wherein the affects and unconscious proceedings are essential. Language has an important function. The psychosomatic disease is understood as a presentative symbolic event and as compensation for the loss of the cognitive ability to symbolize in the field of language. The problem of symbolization is illustrated by a case of spasmodic torticollis. The results of an examination of 81 patients are given, 23 of whom were treated psychoanalytically. The object relation, the regression to the pregenital level, the ego-regression in the form of the omnipotence of motion, and the inability for developing an own self are presented. An alternative technique of treatment is pointed out. Finally, the results of an examination of 26 cases of tic, including a case of generalized tic, are described.

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1979
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