Essay - Karen Horney Application of Karen Horney's Theory of Self and...

Karen Horney

Application of Karen *****'s Theory ***** Self and Neurosis in Experiencing Personal Conflict or Anxiety

Psychoanalysis as a m*****jor field in the study of psychology has developed, over the years, to a great extent, wherein developments are created, increasing extant literature on psychoanalysis, during ***** even after Sigmund Freud's prime as the lead psychoanalytic psychologist of ***** modern human society.

Among these "developments" in the field of psychoanalysis is the creation of ***** neo-Freudian movement, which was coined to describe the development ***** psychoanalysis, serving as an alternative but "offspring" discipline of Freud's *****al movement. One ***** ********** proponents is Karen Horney, noted German-American psychiatrist who provided a different perspective in discussing the psycho*****nalytical roots and discussions of abnormal behavior exhibited ***** still unexplored in human society.

***** Horney's contributions to the field of psychoanalysis is her study ***** ***** occurrence of neuros***** among individuals, tracing its roots from childhood towards its intensification in adulthood. At a more general level, she also delved ********** the ***** of the individual per se, creating a 'theory of the self,' ***** explains ***** psyche, motivations, and perceived significance of the individual in the context ***** his/her society.

Given ***** ***** and new ideas on psychoanalysis, this paper provides a discussion of Horney's ********** *****nd concepts concerning anxiety, self-development, and self-awareness. The discussion ***** analysis is based on the applicati***** ***** Horney's ideas to my experiences, specifically relating her ideas to my personal development as an individual, facing common experiences of ********** and conflict.

***** analys***** of neurosis involved a deeper look into its roots and development in the individual. Neurosis is analyzed in a different *****, wherein she posited that ***** than abuse or neglect, it ***** parental indifference that serves as the catalyst that prompts ***** individual to develop attitudes and characteristics akin ***** *****. For Horney, an individual who felt loved and needed, at certain points in his/her life as a child, *****re better off develop*****g into adulthood than children who never felt loved nor ***** by their parents or loved-ones at all. The lack of feelings of being loved or needed makes the individual crave for attention, love, and reciprocated need from another person.

However, the process *****d is just ***** first p*****e ***** the neurotic individual goes through as s/he develops anxiety to neurosis due to his/her unfulfilled wants and needs. As the individual grows older, s/he incre*****es his/her desire ***** attention and social recognition ***** ***** people s/he knows. Although there is a great need to seek other people's attention and approval, the neurotic individual also has the propensity ***** manipulate and gain control over ***** people, which ***** his/her way of demonstrating that s/he is not a needy person, that s/he can control people ***** though realistically, ***** knows that she is not in ***** ***** these individuals.

Ultimately, the ***** individual, at the last stage of his/her neurosis, under***** social detachment and isol*****ion, no longer seeking ***** ***** *****, but instead with the intention