The Death Of A Old White Male Maths Degree Student s...

i- Matthew is a twenty-five-year-old white male Maths degree student who came to therapy because is worried about becoming depressed and he linked it to his relationship with girlfriend breaking down. He is concerned about dropping out of university as he is beginning to be withdrawn. He has a history of depression in since his teenage hood. Matthew felt neglect when throughout his childhood and teenage years as his parents attention went to his younger autistic sister. He struggles to remember his early life memories, although he remembers about leaving Norway when he was three-year-old. He has been avoiding contact with his parents at the present moment. Anger may be an underline issue as he turned it to himself (substance misuse†¦show more content†¦He presents also a self-destructive behaviour using alcohol and cannabis as a self-medication. Underlining issues are he cannot rely on other and behaves self-sufficient, problems with authority figures, anger, loss, rejection and suicide ideation. Word Count: 302 ii- It is widely agreed that early childhood experiences influence adult life (Freud, 1899, 1901). Freud (1914) suggested that when someone is unable to have memories from childhood it could be used as a defence shutting off memories. Although I am not attempting to review the literature I do wish to mention the work of Freud (1893, 1910, 1933) about his written about the unconscious processes which establishes a link between the physical symptoms of hysteria and traumatic memories repressed. In fact, the memories were repressed they were not lost and it could be retrieved through psychoanalysis technics. Freud (1923) suggested that the repression theory is when certain forces oppose to some ideas to become conscious. In addition, Freud (1900) came to the conclusion the unconscious processes use dreams to express hidden wish-fulfilment. Accordingly with Klein (1997), object relations exist from the beginning of life. For the baby, the mother s breast is the first object, and the baby, fearing disintegration or annihilation splits the object into good (gratifying) and bad (frustrating). As a result of this splitting, love and