According to Mrs. M, when she was a child her mother was very strong-willed and strong-willed. Despite Mrs. M's disability, her mother expected her to do things just like other children, and was intolerant of any excuses Mrs. M made regarding her physical condition. Mrs. M sometimes described her mother's behavior as insensitive. She reported that her mother often put her down and laughed at her when she expressed her frustrations resulting from being pushed too hard. Ms. M said that although it was difficult for her as a child, she now appreciates her mother's tough and determined parenting because she believes that without her mother's resolve and beliefs, she would not be successful today. Because of her experience of her mother being insensitive, ridiculing, and denigrating, we can understand that she would have an aggressive attitude toward her mother for making her feel bad about herself. Freud described a type of anxiety known as signal anxiety. This type of anxiety is produced by a dangerous situation or the anticipation of danger. Signal anxiety is produced by the ego and serves to activate the forces at the ego's command to face or avoid the impending traumatic situation, which would result if the id were allowed to act on the aggressive drive (also known as ego desire). 'Es). -fulfilment) (ISCED). Freud identified four main dangerous situations. They include object loss, object loss of love, castration anxiety, and guilt (CITE). Of these dangerous situations, the most relevant one for Mrs. M is that of castration anxiety. Castration anxiety, in a metaphorical sense, refers to the fear of being degraded or made insignificant. It's usually an irrational fear where an individual will go... center of paper... two children. ReferencesCabaniss, D. L. (2011). Psychodynamic psychotherapy: a clinical manual. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. Gabbard, G. (2010). Long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy: A basic text. (2nd ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. Lear, J. (2005). Freud. New York, NY USA: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.Mitchell, S., & Black, M. (1995). Freud and beyond: a history of modern psychoanalytic thought. New York, NY: Basic Books.St. Clair, M. (2004). Object relations and self psychology: An introduction (4th edition). Stamford, CT: Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning.Summers, F. (1994). Object relations theories and psychopathology: A comprehensive text. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press. Wolf, (1988). Basic concepts of self psychology. In Treating the self: elements of clinical self-psychology. New York, New York: Guilford Press