Neurosis arises from substitution itself, not from the father figure

Evidence

Such a situation surely creates a certain vulnerability, a new precariousness, a new fragility. The difficulty in experiencing a conflict voids the psyche and in effect replaces neurosis with ”the fatigue of being oneself.” — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 170 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial neurosis does not stem from a repressed personal trauma; Psychoanalysis explains adult neurosis through the family constellation; Racially-inflected neurosis may stem from childhood abandonment rather than race itself (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Psychoanalysis explains adult neurosis through the family constellation #complicates (0.78)
• Lacking inner conflict produces exhaustion rather than neurosis #complicates (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 170
• A change of environment cannot cure a neurosis the subject himself deploys as self-confirmation #complicates (0.72)