Comparing Freud's Mourning And Melancholia

According to Freud’s “Mourning and Melancholia” the path of both mourning and melancholia has a similar starting point. With the same influence of the loss of a loved one or a something representing a loved one that would replace the loss, the similarity ends and the differences begins. Most importantly, the ending of both mourning and melancholia does come to a full cycle (at lease in all cases of mourning and in most cases for melancholia) by rejoining the community.
When analyzing the mental aspect of melancholia, the same traits of loss of interest in the outside world, the capability to love, the drive to participate in any activity, the feelings of self-reproach and self revile to a point of self punishment as in grief. With exception of absents of self-esteem the same traits are present in grief. The loss of the ability to adopt any new object of love, and the rejection of any interest other than what’s connected with thought s of death are expression of deep mourning, which are inhibition of the ego. This feeling leaves no room, or effort for other interest.
Freud explains that the process is a struggle to detach all libidos from the dead or object that realty has clam no longer exist. This clam is never willingly abandon, and because of this struggle this process is a bit-by-bit pace that undergo …show more content…
The contradiction difference of this case of melancholia to mourning is that there are no unconscious lost in mourning. Also in grief as mentioned before, the outside world is none existence. As for “the lost of object” in melancholia the ego present itself as worthless, or an outsider that should be cast away, but does not notice any change in their behavior. This behavior is merely due to lack of sleep and the refusal of nourishment. The lack of strive for life is strongly