Schizoid — head disconnection

Charge lifted into the head; contact with the body thins

This head point marks the schizoid structure's characteristic disconnection between cognition or fantasy and embodied contact, with charge experienced as withdrawn upward or outward from the body. It is a phenomenological charge/blockage locus for the head–body split, not a claim that the crown or eyes contain a discrete pathological store of energy.

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

Point 1 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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