Myers W A
Psychoanal Q. 1979;48(2):292-307.
Case material is presented to illustrate the thesis that the ability to create an imaginary companion during childhood is an early expression of the special ego aptitudes found in creative individuals in adult life. Such "companions" allow these children to attempt to master creatively a variety of narcissistic mortifications suffered in reality and to displace unacceptable affects. In creative adults who had imaginary companions in childhood, the early fantasies serve as an organizing schema in memory for the childhood traumata. Stimuli in adult life which evoke the earlier traumata may revive the original imaginary companion fantasies. These then serve as nodal bases for the creation of specific adult works of art.
童年时期创造想象伙伴的能力是成年后有创造力的个体所具备的特殊自我能力的早期表现。这类“伙伴”使这些孩子能够尝试创造性地掌控在现实中遭受的各种自恋挫折，并转移不可接受的情感。对于童年时有想象伙伴的有创造力的成年人来说，早期幻想在记忆中成为童年创伤的组织模式。成年生活中引发早期创伤的刺激可能会使最初的想象伙伴幻想重现。这些幻想随后成为创作特定成人艺术作品的节点基础。
