Interpersonality and narcissism in obsessive-compulsive neurosis

Freud's intrapersonal concept of anal-sadistic regression is set against the interpretation of obsessive-compulsive-neurosis as a structural ego deficit. The interpersonal dimension which: comes to the fore as a result of this, becomes clear if we focus on obsessive-compulsive behavioural disorder: A person suffering from obsessive-compulsive-neurosis lacks the self-assessment factor. It needs another person as part of his:own ego who accepts and supports him in his behaviour. This narcissistic function of compulsion is to be demonstrated together with the changes in the psychodynamic approach and therapy resulting from this by means of a clinical example.