According to Freud,the instinctual drive that produces self-destruction expressed externally as violence or internally as suicide or alcoholism,is termed:

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Freud believed that in addition to the life-preserving drive of eros, there is also a death drive, which he termed thanatos. This drive produces self-destructive impulses that can be expressed externally as violence or internally as suicide or addiction. Hostility and aggression may be related to these impulses, but they are not synonymous with thanatos.

According to Freud,the Instinctual Drive That Produces Self-Destruction Expressed Externally