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Revista Brasileira de Psicanálise
Print version ISSN 0486-641X
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GABBARD, Glen O.. The "dragons of primeval days": termination and the persistence of the infantile.Translated byPaulo Sérgio de Souza Jr. Rev. bras. psicanál [online]. 2021, vol.55, n.1, pp. 41-52. ISSN 0486-641X.
The persistence of the infantile is nowhere more apparent than in the termination process. Freud was uncharacteristically candid in saying that he questioned whether a true transformation was achieved at termination. He noted: "One feels inclined to doubt sometimes whether the dragons of primeval days are really extinct". The intensity and pervasiveness of the infantile in our work may best be glimpsed by studying the defense against the infantile.
Keywords : termination; childish; dragons of primeval days; anger; sadness.