Neurocritic collected few interesting definitions from the works of the Austrian psychiatrist Joshua Bierer (published 70s -80s). It goes without saying the Austrian psychiatric traction is metaphorical. Dr. Freud was such a hit because his works vacillated between science, poetry, drama, archeology, history, mythology, etc. all at once. The following definitions from Joshua Bierer maintains the glorious Viennese tradition:
Golem syndrome: “This is a man, who as a child has neither experienced nor been trained in the three ingredients of emotional life: Attention, Love and Affection. The word “Golem”, in mediaeval Jewish legend, describes a sort of machine man, a robot […] A man who has lived such a life as a child has not developed the “emotional antenna” or the “love-receiving apparatus”, to be able to receive or to acknowledge emotional signals. Such men go from woman to woman and are often considered to be excellent lovers. These women do not realise that they receive not love but hate, not compassion but revenge, not commitment but a desire to escape, that it is not a mutual emotional experience of beauty but a one-sided desire to hurt, and even to kill.”
Trigamist syndrome: “A BIGAMIST is a man who is “legally” married to two women. A “TRIGAMIST” (according to my definition) is a PERSON who is “married” (in the sense of being deeply attached) three times over to such an extent that there is little or no room left for a “permanent” commitment. The three “marriages” are to: a) a parent b) an occupation c) an ideal figure which exists only in the mind of the beholder. Parts of this syndrome have been described separately in scientific and literary form innumerable times but the syndrome as a WHOLE has never been recognised or described in spite of the fact that it is responsible for influencing millions of human relationships and destroying the life of countless people.”
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