Janet modeled the psyche on fixed energetic reserves.

Evidence

Janet has a static conception of psychic energy: he defines “psychological strength” as the quantity of energy that an individual possesses and “psychological pressure” the capacity to use this strength, from which stems his central theme of exhaustion. — Alain Ehrenberg, The Weariness of the Self, 239

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes psychological strength from psychological pressure in Janet’s economics-of-mind model.
• XREF: connects to: Janet held that exhaustion causes mental disorder, not the reverse. — Alain Ehrenberg, The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing…, 236