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PSYCHOLOGY PROJECT (11, 12, 13)
Sigmund Freud (1950)


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11. THE EXPERIENCE OF SATISFACTION

When neurons in the nucleus fill up, they seek to discharge energy through motor pathways, resulting in internal changes such as
emotional expressions and physical reactions, but without relieving tension because the internal stimulus persists. To reliev e this
tension, external intervention is required to temporarily remove the source of stimulation, which is only possible through s pecific
actions, such as obtaining food or sexual interaction, which at first the body cannot perform without help.

The child's internal discharge through crying or movement can alert an experienced caregiver, who performs the specific actio n
needed in the outside world. This external intervention allows the child to internalize the operation necessary to relieve th e
stimulus, creating an experience of satisfaction with profound consequences for psychic development. Three things happen: a
long-lasting discharge is achieved, a neural endowment corresponding to the perception of the object is generated, and the
discharges of reflex movements trigger sensory news elsewhere in the system.

Facilitation is formed through simultaneity association, where simultaneously invested neurons facilitate the passage of energy
between them, establishing lasting connections. Consciousness is defined as the quantitative endowment of neurons, and energy
flows more easily between previously invested neurons.

The experience of satisfaction creates a facilitation between memories and neural images of the nucleus, so that when the des ire
is reanimated, the endowment is transferred to the memories, triggering an animation that can produce a hallucination. If thi s
hallucination leads to reflex action, it inevitably leads to disappointment.



12. THE EXPERIENCE OF PAIN

When our neurons in the nucleus are filled with energy (QíI) through endogenous channels, the system tries to discharge itsel f
through internal motor responses, such as emotional expressions. In painful situations, these discharges do not relieve tensi on
and instead generate a greater sense of unpleasure. Pain produces an increase in the level of our system, a tendency to discharge
this energy, and a connection to the memory of the object causing the pain.

If the mnemic images of the hostile object are reactivated, a sensation of pain occurs, including unpleasantness and a tenden cy to
discharge. The source of this energy is not the original external stimulus, but an endowment of memories that exudes displeas ure
from within the body.

We propose that there are specialized neurons, called "key neurons," which, when activated, generate endogenous stimuli that
contribute to increasing energy in our system rather than discharging it. These neurons are responsible for maintaining a facilitation
with the memory-images of the hostile object, which causes the unpleasantness associated with the experience of pain.

The idea is supported by the observation of sexual shedding, suggesting that endogenous stimuli may be varied chemicals. The
ability of a minimal endowment of hostile memories to generate great unpleasure indicates that pain creates extremely broad
facilitations. In short, facilitation depends entirely on the amount of Qíl energy, and a small amount can have a much greater
facilitating effect than expected.



13. AFFECTIONS AND STATES OF DESIRE

In the experiences of affect and desire, both states raise the Qíl tension in our system. Affect, generated by sudden detachment,
and desire, by gradual accumulation, are crucial to our development in '^, as they create persistent compulsive motives. From
desire arises a direct attraction to the object or its mnemic imprint, while from pain results a repulsion, a lessenin g of the inversion
in the memory of the hostile object. These responses are known as primary desire attraction and primary defense.

The attraction of desire can be explained by the intense inversion of the friendly memory-image in Qíl, much greater than that
caused by a simple perception, facilitating a particularly strong connection from the nucleus '^ to the corresponding neurons in
the mantle.

Primary defense, or repression, is more difficult to explain, as it involves the rapid abandonment of investment in the hosti le
memory-image. However, it can be understood that the primary experiences of pain are interrupted by reflexive defense. The
appearance of another object in place of the hostile one signals the end of the painful experience, and our biologically instructe d
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