In additions, the body that is “controlled” a restrained object; the control here is its “imprisonment”. What the addict, particularly the adolescent, is fleeing, is affective dependence and the re-sexualization in puberty of his or her Oedipal bonds and transferences; such behavior is a sign of being controlled by a dependent relationship, the relation to the pregenital and pre-Oedipal Superego, which frequently causes an unconscious sense of guilt.

Adolescence, 2024, 42, 1, 141-152.