精神分裂症 體驗内容의 象徵性에 關한 心理學的 意味分析

Symbolical Meanings of Schizophrenic Experiences in the Viewpoint of Analytical Psychology

A 38 years old housewife, who was diagnosed as schizophrenia, paranoid type by DSM - III, was under psychological investigation from the viewpoint of Jung ’s analytical psychology. She felt persecuted by the ex-wife of her present husband, then many other anonymous people. Later, symptoms evolved to grandiose ideas, identifying herself with the rain-maker and hero to unify the divided country. Jung s association test had been performed twice in acute and remission phase during her admission for the purpose of search for the complexes in the raeaning of analytical psychology. Patient’sirrelevant emotional behavior and bizarre verbal expressions as well as her spontaneous drawings, dreams and fantasies were compared with relevant manifestations in myth, fairytales and folk belief, to elucidate symbolical meaning of patient’s apparently incomprehensible psychotic experiences. The result of the association test during acute phase, contrary to the test result from remission state, revealed numerous complexes relevant to her pathological feelings. The test performance enabled to open the more favorable communication with the therapist. In her delusional ideas and behaviors, the symbolical images of Self in terms Gf analytical psychology which is supposed to be the self-healing aspect of unconscious have been discovered, such as bonfire, wind, rain, the ideas of unification cf the land and the national flag contained Tahgcck (Tai-Kih) in her drawings. The understanding of patients patholcgical experiences in Jung ’s symbolic way seemed, as Jung himself has alredy suggested before, to open new possibility to treat the schizophrenics psychologically by following the unconscious self-healing intention, the meaning of which is usually obscured by the therapist’sinability to understand the symbolical language adopted by the patient. In this patient, it is suggested th at therapeutic plan should be directed to controlled warmness, the actualization of her hidden masculine drive, and the harmonious union of these opposites. Were confirmed that the interpretation of symbolic meanings of schizophrenic experiences approached from the standpoint of analytical psychology makes it possible to understand the psychological aspects of patients, tc catch the unccrscious healing intention, and suggests the direction of psychotherapeutic approach.