Psychological Automatism

VIII. Fixed ideas. — Hallucinations original: "Les idées fixes." In 19th-century psychology, this referred to obsessive thoughts that dominate the mind................................................................................315
IX. Possessions The author likely refers here to the psychological phenomenon of feeling "possessed" by external forces, often linked to hysteria................................................................................................................320
Conclusion ............................................................................................................................325
Chapter IV. Moral weakness and moral strength original: "La faiblesse et la force morales." In this context, "moral" refers to the psychological state or "morale" of a patient rather than ethics........................................................................326
I. Psychological misery misère psychologique: a term coined by Pierre Janet to describe a lack of mental energy or "tension" in patients...................................................................................................326
II. Lower forms of normal activity....................................................................336
III. Judgment and the will...............................................................................................343
Conclusion ............................................................................................................................349
Conclusion ...........................................................................................................................350
Appendix ............................................................................................................................357