The direction of time is often defined by describing asymmetries between past and future events, referred to as “time-arrows.” Two important time-arrows are the mutability time-arrow, which specifies that the past is unalterable, while the future is not; and the causal time-arrow, which stipulates that past events may cause future events, but not vice versa. The author argues that the unconscious conception of causation expressed in both the oedipal myth and certain oedipal wishes negates the mutability and causal time-arrows. The author suggests, therefore, distinguishing between oedipal phantasies that undermine the ordinary conceptions of causation and time (such as the wish of being one’s own parent), and classical content that is in line with our time perception (such as sexual and aggressive wishes toward parents). Analyzing clinical examples suggests that some patients’ oedipal phantasies are combined with unconscious sexual satisfaction from the asymmetric conception of time. When this sexual satisfaction is analyzed, they might expose the oedipal phantasies founded on the symmetric conception of time.

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论无意识因果观的逻辑第一部分：俄狄浦斯元愿望与不对称时间的性化


时间的方向通常是通过描述过去和未来事件之间的不对称性来定义的，称为“时间箭头”。两个重要的时间箭头是可变性时间箭头，它指定过去是不可改变的，而未来则不可改变；因果时间箭头规定过去的事件可能导致未来的事件，但反之则不然。作者认为，俄狄浦斯神话和某些俄狄浦斯愿望中所表达的无意识因果关系概念否定了可变性和因果时间箭头。因此，作者建议区分破坏因果关系和时间的普通概念（例如成为自己的父母的愿望）的俄狄浦斯幻想与符合我们时间感知的经典内容（例如对性和攻击性的愿望）。父母）。分析临床实例表明，一些患者的俄狄浦斯幻想与时间观念不对称带来的无意识性满足相结合。当分析这种性满足时，他们可能会揭露建立在对称时间概念基础上的俄狄浦斯幻想。