A review of Andre Green's concept of the "dead mother complex" and its effects on emotion regulation

One of Andre Greenchr('39')s most important services to psychoanalysis is the invention of the concept of the dead motherchr('39')s complex. The Dead Mother Complex is a special psychological configuration that revolves around the depressed mother image that is not emotionally available to the child and, in other words, is dead. According to Green, interacting with such a mother creates a kind of internal structural emptiness. In this regard, the aim of the present study was to investigate the origin of this psychological void in the psychological structure, the effect of this pathology on emotion regulation in these persons, and finally its therapeutic implications. The results of the present study indicate that the occurrence of this disorder in the motherchr('39')s initial relationship with the child causes a personchr('39')s relative inability to regulate emotions, which in the regulation of emotion leads to fear of experiencing intense emotions because belief Considering that emotions cannot be controlled inherently and internally, they themselves are overwhelmed by these emotions. Because research indicates the flexibility of lifelong attachment styles, and secure attachment styles can be created in later life and as a result of corrective experiences with another attachment symbol, it can be argued that self-compassion-based therapies can be a safe haven, provide that people with this psychological vacuum can take refuge and recover in times of turmoil.