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-[[Reik]]'s first major book was ''[[The Compulsion to Confess]]'' (1925), in which he argued that [[neurotic]] symptoms such as blushing and stuttering can be seen as [[Unconscious mind|unconscious]] confessions that express the patient's [[repressed]] impulses while also punishing the patient for communicating these impulses. +[[Theodor Reik]]'s first major book was ''[[The Compulsion to Confess]]'' (1925), in which he argued that [[neurotic]] symptoms such as blushing and stuttering can be seen as [[Unconscious mind|unconscious]] confessions that express the patient's [[repressed]] impulses while also punishing the patient for communicating these impulses.
== Publications == == Publications ==
* Reik, T. (1925/1959). ''The Compulsion to Confess.'' In J.Farrar (Ed) The compulsion to confess and the need for punishment. (pp. 176-356). New York: Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy. * Reik, T. (1925/1959). ''The Compulsion to Confess.'' In J.Farrar (Ed) The compulsion to confess and the need for punishment. (pp. 176-356). New York: Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy.
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Theodor Reik's first major book was The Compulsion to Confess (1925), in which he argued that neurotic symptoms such as blushing and stuttering can be seen as unconscious confessions that express the patient's repressed impulses while also punishing the patient for communicating these impulses.

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  • Reik, T. (1925/1959). The Compulsion to Confess. In J.Farrar (Ed) The compulsion to confess and the need for punishment. (pp. 176-356). New York: Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy.




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