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The concept of <strong>bioenergetic character structures</strong> offers an integrative framework for understanding how habitual patterns of muscular and emotional tension shape the personality. Originating from Wilhelm Reich’s pioneering work in <strong>character analysis</strong> and expanded by Alexander Lowen’s development of <strong>bioenergetics</strong>, this approach identifies how early developmental experiences become embedded as chronic <strong>body armor</strong>. These somatic patterns serve as physical manifestations of defensive postures formed in response to trauma, frustration, and unmet needs, especially surrounding the dialectic of <em>autonomy vs shame</em>. Among the classic profiles in this schema, the <strong> masochist character structure</strong> stands out for i
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