Ratman - Rattenmann

Japanese: ねずみ男 - ねずみおとこ（英語表記）Rattenmann

Another name for a neurotic reported by S. Freud in a paper published in 1909 entitled "Considerations on a Case of Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis." This case is of great significance in understanding the psychopathology of obsessive-compulsive neurosis. The patient was a single young man, 29 years old at the time, and after hearing from an acquaintance about the "rat punishment," in which a rat is forced into the anus, he was overwhelmed by the fear that his beloved father or girlfriend might be subjected to this punishment. In order to shake off this fear, he began to repeat exorcism-like movements, which led to him receiving treatment from Freud.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

S.フロイトによって，1909年《強迫神経症の一例に関する考察》と題して発表された論文で報告されている神経症者の別名。この症例は強迫神経症の精神病理の理解に重要な意義をもつ。患者は当時29歳の独身青年で，知人から肛門にネズミを食いこませる〈ねずみ刑〉の話を聞いて以来，愛する父親と恋人がこの刑を受けたら大変だという恐怖に圧倒され，その恐怖をふり払うために，お祓いのような動作を反復するようになって，フロイトの治療を受けるに至った。

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