Slap J W, Trunnell E E
Psychoanal Q. 1987 Apr;56(2):251-62.
Self psychologists contend that patients with narcissistic personality disorders have dreams which cannot be understood in terms of current psychoanalytic dream theory and that these dreams, called self state dreams, have a different origin and structure. The manifest content of these dreams is said to reveal the reactions of healthy sectors of the psyche to disturbing changes in the condition of the self. Self psychologists are said to be able to understand these dreams directly, without the patients' associations, as portrayals of the dreamers' dread of threats to the integrity of the self. The authors raise questions about these contentions. They conclude that the self state dream will remain a dubious concept until a more extensive psychology of dreaming is provided by self psychologists.
自体心理学家认为，患有自恋型人格障碍的患者所做的梦无法依据当前的精神分析梦论来理解，这些被称为自体状态梦的梦有着不同的起源和结构。据说这些梦的显性内容揭示了心理健全部分对自体状况中令人不安变化的反应。据说自体心理学家无需借助患者的联想就能直接理解这些梦，将其视为梦者对自体完整性受到威胁的恐惧的描绘。作者们对这些观点提出了质疑。他们得出结论，在自体心理学家提供更广泛的梦心理学之前，自体状态梦仍将是一个可疑的概念。
