Word: ocnophilia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Moving from carnival to couch, Analyst Balint holds that ocnophilia goes with self-effacement, anxiety-proneness and fear of open spaces, while philobatism may lead to self-contained detachment, paranoid attitudes and claustrophobia. The ocnophil is not necessarily more inhibited; while his inhibitions are public, the philobat's are mostly private-often he is unaware of them. And in his more restrained way, the ocnophil may get as much real satisfaction out of life. For while the philobat's enjoyment is more obvious and open, "this hides the price...
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