Guntrip and Schizoid Phenomena

“Deep fear-enforced withdrawal from object-relations is then to a regressed passive level of a womb-like state inside. Severe schizoid states disclose a total fear of the entire outer world, and deprivation and impingement combine.”

I’ve started reading Schizoid Phenomena, Object Relations and the Self, and I’d love to open up some space to think through it together. As I go through the book, I’ll share some of my own notes, thoughts and experiences that come up along the way.
This first meeting will be about getting started and sitting with the passage above and reflecting on what it means.