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Repetition

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"Compulsion to Repeat"
For [[Freud]], the "[[repetition|compulsion to repeat]]" -- also referred to as the "[[repetition|repetition compulsion]]" (''[[Wiederholungszwang]]'') -- is related to the '''[[death drive]]''' and the ''[[desire]] to [[return]] to an inorganic state''.
The "[[repetition|compulsion to repeat]]" refers to the tendency of the [[subjectpatient]] to expose himself again and again to a distressing or painful situation, although he cannot recall has [[memory|forgotten]] of [[scene|origins]] of the ''prototypical experience'' that is being [[repetition|compulsively repeatedcompulsion]].
It is a basic principle of [[psychoanalysisPsychoanalytic treatment]] that a person is only condemned involves an effort to [[repetition|repeat]] something when he has forgotten the origins of the compulsion, and that [[psychoanalytic treatment]] can therefore break the cycle of [[repetition]] by helping the [[patient]] [[memory|remember]].
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