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==Freudian Dictionary==
<blockquote>As to the regression, we may further observe that it plays a no less important part in the theory of neurotic symptom-formation than in the theory of dreams. We may therefore distinguish a threefold species of regression: (a) a topical one, in the sense of the scheme of the systems here expounded; (b) a ''temporal'' one, in so far as it is a regression to older psychic formations; and (c) a ''formal'' one, when primitive modes of expression and representation take the place of the customary modes. These three forms of regression are, however, basically one, and in the majority of cases they coincide, for that which is older in point of time is at the same time formally primitive and, in the psychic topography, nearer to the perception-end.<ref>{{IoD}} Ch. 7</ref></blockquote>
===Regression in Dreams===
<blockquote>In regression the structure of the dream-thoughts breaks up into its raw material.<ref>{{IoD}} Ch. 7 </ref></blockquote>
===Regression of Instinctual Impulses===
<blockquote>In compulsion neurosis there is brought about, under the influence of the ego's opposition, a regression of the instinctual impulses to an earlier libidinal phase such as does not, it is true, make repression superfluous, but evidently operates to the same effect as repression.<ref>{{PoA}} Ch. 11</ref></blockquote>
===Regression, Temporal===
<blockquote>When we investigate psychoneurotic conditions, we find in each of them occasion to comment upon a so-called ''temporal regression'', i.e. the particular extent to which each of them retraces the stages of its evolution. We distinguish two such regressions-one in the development of the ego and the other in that of the libido. In sleep, the latter is carried to the point of restoring the primitive narcissism, while the former goes back to the state of hallucinatory wishfulfilment.<ref>{{MSTD}}</ref></blockquote>
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==below==
[[regression]] ([[French]]: ''[[régression]]'')
From the analyst's point of view, formal regression provides another way of listening.
===Regression===
====Explanation====
Regression involves going back to an earlier phase of development when there were fewer demands. In the face of severe stress, individuals may attempt to cope with anxiety by clinging to immature behaviors.
====Examples====
Children who are frightened in school may indulge in infantile behavior such as weeping, excessive dependency, thumb-sucking, and clinging to the teacher. Again, this is perceived by psychoanalytic theory as an unconscious wish on the part of the child to obtain nurturing, attention, or some type of consolation to cope with stressors they feel unable to handle. So, regression to an earlier, more helpless state can either provide them with the safety they feel they need or exempt them from responsibilities they perceive are beyond their capabilities.
==See Also==
