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In [[Freud]]'s [[{{LB}}|work]], "'''[[repetition|repeating]]'''" and "'''[[memory|remembering]]'''" are "contrasting ways of bringing the ''past'' into the ''present''."<ref>Laplanche, Jean and Pontalis, Jean-Betrand. ''The Language of Psycho-Analysis''. Trans. Donald Nicholson-Smith. London: Hogarth Press and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis. 1967. p.4</ref>If ''past'' events are '''[[repression|repressed]]''' from '''[[memory]]''', they '''[[return]]''' in the ''present'' by expressing themselves in '''actions'''; when the '''[[subject]]''' does not '''[[remember]]''' the ''past'', therefore, he is condemned to '''[[repetition|repeat]]''' it by [[acting out|acting it out]]. Conversely, [[psychoanalytic treatment]] aims to break the cycle of [[repetition]] by helping the [[analysand|patient]] to [[remember]].

If ''past'' events are '''Although an element of [[repression|repressedrepetition]]''' from '''can be found in almost every [[memoryhuman]]''', they '''[[returnaction]]''' in , the ''present'' by expressing themselves in '''actions'''; when the '''term "[[subjectacting out]]''' does not '''" is usually reserved for those [[rememberaction]]s which display "an impulsive aspect relatively out of harmony with the subject''' s usual motivational patterns" and which are therefore "fairly easy to isolate from the ''past''overall trends of his activity."<ref>Laplanche, thereforeJean and Pontalis, he is condemned to Jean-Betrand. ''The Language of Psycho-Analysis''. Trans. Donald Nicholson-Smith. London: Hogarth Press and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis. 1967. p.4</ref> The [[repetition|repeatsubject]]''' it by fails to understand his motives for the [[acting out|acting it outaction]].

ConverselyFrom a [[Lacan]]ian perspective, this basic definition of "[[acting out]]" is true but incomplete; it ignores the dimension of the [[Other]]. Thus while [[psychoanalytic treatmentLacan]] aims maintains that [[acting out]] results from a failure to break [[recollect]] the cycle of ''past'', he emphasizes the [[repetitionintersubjective]]''' by helping the dimension of [[recollection]]. In other words, [[recollection]] does not merely involve recalling something to [[consciousness]], but also [[analysandcommunication|patientcommunicating]] this to '''an [[Other]] by means of [[speech]]. Hence [[acting out]] results when [[recollection]] is made impossible by the refusal of the [[rememberOther]]'''to listen.

==Motivation==Although an element of When the [[Other]] has become "deaf," the [[subject]] cannot convey a [[repetitionmessage]] can be found to him in almost every words, and is forced to expressed the [[humanmessage]] in [[action]], the term "s. The [[acting out]]" is usually reserved for those thus a ciphered [[actionmessage]]s which display "the [[subject]] addresses to an impulsive aspect relatively out of harmony with [[Other]], although the [[subject's usual motivational patterns" and which are therefore "fairly easy to isolate from ]] himself is neither [[conscious]] of the overall trends content of this [[message]] nor even aware that his activity[[action]]s express a [[message]]."<ref>Laplanche, Jean and Pontalis, Jean-Betrand. ''The Language of Psycho-Analysis''. Trans. Donald Nicholson-Smith. London: Hogarth Press and It is the [[Other]] who is entrusted with deciphering the Institute of Psycho-Analysis. 1967. p[[message]]; yet it is impossible for him to do so.4</ref>

The [[subject]] fails to understand his motives for the [[action]]. ==Jacques Lacan==[[Lacan]], following a tradition in psychoanalytic writing, uses this term in [[English]]. From a [[Lacan]]ian perspective, this basic definition of "[[acting out]]" is true but incomplete; it ignores the dimension of the [[Other]]. ==Recollection==Thus while [[Lacan]] maintains that [[acting out]] results from a failure to [[recollect]] the past, he emphasizes the [[intersubjective]] dimension of [[recollection]]. In other words, [[recollection]] does not merely involve recalling something to [[consciousness]], but also [[communicating]] this to an [[Other]] by means of [[speech]]. Hence [[acting out]] results when [[recollection]] is made impossible by the refusal of the [[Other]] to listen. =See Also=Communication==When the [[Other]] has become "deaf," the [[subject]] cannot convey a [[message]] to him in words, and is forced to expressed the [[message]] in [[action]]s. The [[acting out]] is thus a ciphered [[message]] which the [[subject]] addresses to an [[Other]], although the [[subject]] himself is neither [[conscious]] of the content of this [[message]] nor even aware that his [[action]]s express a [[message]]. It is the [[Other]] who is entrusted with deciphering the [[message]]; yet it is impossible for him to do so. ==See Also==

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