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  • Title: Self-envy and the concealment of inner resources.
    Author: Berman A.
    Journal: Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci; 1999; 36(3):203-14; discussion 215-22. PubMed ID: 10593059.
    Abstract:
    Self-envy refers to envy of one's own inner resources. This term is an adjunct to the psychodynamic understanding of developmental self-arrest, defined as deliberate and defensive impairment of one's own abilities and accomplishments and the concealment of inner resources. The article suggests possible explanations for the formation of self-envy, emphasizing the formation of envious object representations and the construction of a part of the personality based on these introjections. The effects of self-envy on patient therapist relations are also described, focusing on two particular manifestations: attachment to the therapist as a defense against self-envy and attacking the therapeutic contract as one of the patient's assets. Excerpts from a case study are included.
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