infantile fixation

• Termo psicológico que designa uma ligação emocional ou padrão de comportamento que persiste desde a infância na vida adulta, frequentemente impedindo o desenvolvimento emocional ou a maturidade.

A psychological term referring to an emotional attachment or behavioral pattern that persists from early childhood into adult life, often hindering emotional development or maturity.

1. Psychological conceptC2formal

   In psychoanalytic theory, an abnormal, persistent emotional attachment or preoccupation with a person, object, or stage of development from early childhood.

   Fixação infantil

   • The patient's infantile fixation on his mother hindered his ability to form adult relationships.
   • Freud described an infantile fixation as a result of unresolved conflicts during the oral or anal stages.
   • The therapist worked with him to understand the origins of his infantile fixation.