Horney Case 9

Case Study 9
Shih Ching Tu
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For this essay I am gonna analyze case number 9 by Karen Horney. Samara is a 35 year old female, always in relationships but was never able to lead to a marriage, she sees herself as a devoting figure in the relationship, the perfect woman every man should have want, and has a hard time understanding why man always end up breaking up with her, because it is not the fact she cannot find a boyfriend, she just has a problem keeping them.

Samara demonstrates a behavior of a attention seeker, she is in a constant need of approval from her partner / lover, they need them equally demonstrates the equal amount of affection as her or more, she specifically quote, “if you have love you have everything.” She wants someone to love her so she can feel a sense of belonging
This might also be a reason that leads to her basic anxieties, eventually leads to her neurois problems, viewing a men’s decision making for her a form of protective love. She creates a self image of herself being fully innocent and it is 100% the other person’s fault when drama happens in a failing relationship, her view of love is full surrender but in someway doesn’t care about other’s