Psychopath — armoured upper chest

Upper-body control and defended contact

This upper-chest point marks the psychopath structure's armoured presentation of control, assertion, and defended relational contact, where charge is held behind the chest and shoulder girdle. The point is a clinical phenomenology anchor, not a moral judgement or a psychiatric diagnosis, and its broad uncertainty radius reflects variation in how the pattern is embodied.

Schizoid — head disconnectionSchizoid — waist split markerOral — collapsed chest and reachPsychopath — armoured upper chestPsychopath — armoured upper chestPsychopath — collapsed pelvisRigid — heart-centre armouring

Point 4 of 6 in Core Energetics — Five Character Structures

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

John C. Pierrakos, Core Energetics: Developing the Mind, Body, and Spirit in Therapy (primary)

Alexander Lowen, Bioenergetics (secondary)

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