LEADER 03432cam a2200385Ia 4500001 77907 005 20240621173241.0 008 030107s1999 xx rb 000 0 eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocm51318464 035 77907 049 LHMA 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 090 RC553.D5 |bB85 1999 100 1 Bujak, M. Johanna |q(Mary Johanna) 245 10 Concentration camp imagery as a psychic organizer in dissociative identity disorder individuals : |breview of the literature and construction of a theoretical explanation / |cby M. Johanna Bujak. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c1999. 300 iv, 242 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (Ph.D.)--Capella University, 1999. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-238). 520 There are to date no published studies on children's psychic organization in the aftermath of sexual abuse. This study partially addresses that gap in the literature by focusing on self-constructs subsequent to Sadistic Incestuous Abuse (SIA) in Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) individuals. A theory on the search for self-understanding in DID persons post-trauma is presented through a heuristic disaggregation of relevant studies and informal interviews with four DID individuals, followed by a recombination of the data with phenomenological insights. Empirical studies on massive trauma, incest, coping, dissociation, and self-understanding are reconceptualized in constructivist fashion to present SIA as a "total environment," analogous to a concentration camp experience. It is suggested that being sadistically incested prevents the child from construing her experience accurately. Post-trauma, however, there may be a concurrent need to "know" and "not know." It is postulated that she might approach her trauma obliquely, through a metaphor or "parallel trauma"-a middle ground between denial and acknowledgment. The DID individuals referred to in this study used the metaphor or self-construct of a concentration camp internee as a psychic organizer. It is demonstrated that (a) SIA and Holocaust imagery might well be linked in a more encompassing theoretical understanding of victims' self-constructs in coping post-trauma; and (b) there is a reasonableness in a SIA child's use of parallel imagery to approach her experiences obliquely, thereby avoiding direct knowledge of them, containing them, organizing them, and providing a vocabulary to express them. Rather than looking only at symptoms and coping strategies, it is recommended that attention also be focused on traumatized clients' self-generated metaphors. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d2002. |e22 cm. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Multiple personality. 650 0 Imagery (Psychology) 856 41 |uhttp://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=727781571&sid=1&Fmt=6&clientId=54617&RQT=309&VName=PQD |zElectronic version from ProQuest 956 41 |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib77907/9984971.pdf |z Hosted by USHMM. 994 X0 |bLHM 852 0 |bstacks |hRC553.D5 |iB85 1999 852 |bwww 852 |bebook