The psychoanalytical practice demands the observation of acted or fantasized hostile tendencies which are very common in certain cases. We believe that the intensity of hostility has an increase in cases like obsessive neurosis and paranoia and often become an impediment to treatment. Considering such matters and based on Freud's texts, this paper proposes a reflection on the aggressive tendencies and their implications in the treatment of obsessive neurosis and paranoia. The clinical frames will be exemplified by The Rat Man and the history of Schreber. Subsequently we will discuss two texts of Kafka, to indicate an answer to the elaboration of hostility towards symbolization and sublimation of the aggressive tendencies.
Obsessive compulsive disorder; Hostility; Sublimation; Psychoanalysis; Psychopathology; Defense mechanism