An alternative or variant form of cathexis, referring to the psychological investment of emotional energy in a person, object, or idea.
From Greek katechein ('to hold, occupy') with the suffix -ion. This form is less common than cathexis but appears in some psychological literature.
In psychoanalytic theory, cathexion describes how our brains literally allocate emotional 'energy'—it's as if your mind has a budget and decides where to spend its feelings!
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