2 Quotes & Sayings By Carl Ludwig
Carl Ludwig (1875 - 1945) was a German psychiatrist who developed the theory of the "Ludwigshaft" or "Ludwig syndrome", which he characterized as an obsessive compulsion to repeat similar behaviours in close relationships. He coined the word "Ludwigshaft" to describe the repetition of aggressive and other abnormal behaviors in close relationships. He proposed that each individual has a primary relationship to an inner self-object, which drives him or her to behave in certain ways. The inner self-object represents the unconscious counterpart of the person's own personality
The inner self-object is not identical with the other person but is based on the latter's behavior. Ludwigshaft consists of two phases: 1) A primary relationship develops between two people, based on their common inner self-object. 2) The behavior that characterizes this primary relationship becomes pathological, i.e., repetitive and often destructive.