Psychoanalytic view of the "toxicity" phenomenon

Psychoanalytic research

Abstract

This paper offers a psychoanalytic representation of the term "toxicity". Based on the phenomena of transference, projection, projective identification and resistance, the author offers his own formulation of the term "toxicity" and describes the mechanism of this phenomenon. Toxicity is an unconscious overreaction of the psychological defenses of one person when faced with the defense mechanisms of another person. The material is based on the works of Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein, Wilfred Bion and Nancy McWilliams.