But perhaps there is room, on the web, for a page like this one, which tries to give a brief but hopefully useful explanation of some of the Winnicottian terms which are in most common use - and sometimes misuse. The capacity to be alone, to enjoy one's own company, is an important element in the mature personality. But according to Winnicott this capacity is, paradoxically, fostered in the first instance by the experience of being alone in the presence of the mother. But for Winnicott the roots of the antisocial tendency, of delinquency and many forms of crime, all lie in deprivation. They imply, therefore, some expectation that a good object still exists, to be found, and to be introjected as a foundation for mature, giving relationships.
Archaic anxieties see Primitive anxieties.
This term can be thought about in conjunction with Winnicott's theory of the True and the False Self. We might not have held this view elsewhere and in a different age. From an awareness of this come feelings of guilt and concern. There is a wish to make reparation. At first, perhaps, all that can be offered is faeces and urine.