ABSTRACT
In order to recognize the function of fantasy in people's life Freud invented psychoanalysis. Since his studies, fantasies are considered as a kind of protection for unsatisfactory reality, since they made facts more beautiful and less traumatic. There is an intense variety of fantasies in the imagination of human beings, as evidenced by clinical accounts. In addition to this imagination, fantasy expresses itself also as a “scar”, which determines the way people interpret the world. This dimension goes beyond what can be expressed through words, and therefore, a work of “construction” is necessary. Considering the clinical and conceptual relevance of the notion of fantasy, this work seeks to delimitate a logic of fantasy according to Freud by reviewing the way the concept is being used.
Keywords:
fantasy (defense mechanism); psychic trauma; psychoanalysis; drive