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BY BERNARD S. ROBBINS, M. D. ~SKrUL thinking is that type of walking mentation characterized by an active change in and distortion or denial of reality, It ranges from the common-place day dreaming of children to the rich imaginative flights of some adults that are preludes to creative activity. It expresses in the child a displeasure in things as they are, as well as his hopes and ambitions for things as they might or will become. It is provoked in him not only by real dissatis- factions, wbh the subsequent total denial of real limitations (the "I can fly" of a child), but also by the rapidly expanding the differentiatil N inner needs which demand changes in his environment so that he can best and more freely fulfil these needs. In the healthy child, wishful thinking is the necessary pre- lude to progressive and increasing cooperative action with other humans as well as to independent work; in the un'healthy child, it reinforces his with- drawal .and strengthens his defenses erected to obtain'security in a world generally regarded as hostile. To thoughtfully alter reality (wishful. thinking) is universal. Whether or not it is pathological depends not so much on the
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis – Springer Journals
Published: Dec 1, 1943
Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
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