Object cathexis Object cathexis used in psychoanalysis to signify the choice of a love object , usually involving the diversion of libido from a sexual to a non-sexual object.
Cathexis Cathexis is the used mainly in psychoanalysis to refer to the psychic energy a patient invests in a person, place, idea or thing. Emotions associated with the object of cathexis may be keenly aroused whenever it is re-encountered.
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