#object choice
- Anaclitic — Leaning on or depending on the support, protection, or presence of another person; in psychoanalysis, it describes a libidinal or attachment object choice modeled after parental figures who provided nourishment and protection in infancy. In a broader clinical sense, the term refers to a state of profound emotional dependence, the sudden deprivation of which in infants or young children can lead to anaclitic depression, structurally manifested through apathy, social withdrawal, and developmental regression.