Date: Tue Jul 11 00:05:10 EDT 2000
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--cathexis
cathexis (kuh-THEK-sis) noun, plural cathexes (-THEK-seez)
Concentration of emotional energy on an object or idea.
[Greek kathexis, holding, retention, from katekhein, to hold fast : kat-,kata-, intensive prefix + ekhein, to hold.]

so one might need catharsis after cathexis?

so one might need catharsis after cathexis?

Only if you were "anal-retentive".