Let’s start with two clinical vignettes.
A man complains of what he describes as a compulsion to begin affairs with married women. He recognises the excitement in this but says that it ultimately just brings him suffering. During sex, he is only able to sustain an erection if his partner inserts her fingers into his anus. He also suffers from pruritis ani, and finds himself unable to stop an intense scratching of the anal region, while knowing that this exacerbates the pruritis. He explains that his situation must somehow be linked to his “devouring mother”.
Jouissance: Sexuality, Suffering and Satisfaction (Darian Leader, 2021)
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