Obsessional does not necess... by Jacques Lacan, a French Psychologist

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“Obsessional does not necessarily mean sexual obsession, not even obsession for this, or for that in particular; to be an obsessional means to find oneself caught in a mechanism, in a trap increasingly demanding and endless.”

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Name: Jacques Lacan

Nationality: French

Date of Birth: Apr 13, 1901

Date of Death: Sep 9, 1981

Profession: Psychologist

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