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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论无意识因果关系概念的逻辑 第一部分：俄狄浦斯式的元愿望和不对称时间的性化


时间的方向通常通过描述过去和未来事件之间的不对称性来定义，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，而未来则不是;以及因果时间箭头，它规定过去的事件可能会导致未来的事件，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表达的无意识的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的俄狄浦斯幻象（例如希望成为自己的父母）和符合我们时间感知的经典内容（例如对父母的性和攻击性愿望）。分析临床实例表明，一些患者的俄狄浦斯幻觉与时间不对称概念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之上的俄狄浦斯幻象。