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Originally Posted by Ididitmyway
I agree. I've seen this a lot too. I also think in many cases those two types of transference (maternal/paternal and erotic) mix and merge, which is the most intense experience of all, I believe. Now, THAT is a recipe for trauma if it gets intense and the person keeps obsessing about it.
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yup! that was me...
a big'o cluster f&*k of both erotic and maternal transference chaos. yippy!
from what i have come to understand about developmental truama, erotic transference is an expression of the unmet affect regulation from the mother to the infant/child and later in life that unmet need for connection,regulation, and safety can be expressed as erotic longings. so ET is very much inter-wound with maternal/paternal transference.