Note 9 — AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STUDY
A. Paul (Albrecht Paul) Maerker-Branden translation
[The German word Besetzung, here translated “charge,” is applied by Freud to the sum of energy which he supposes to become attached (somewhat upon the analogy of an electric charge) to mental impulses, whether conscious or unconscious, when they are in a condition of activity. The recognized English technical translation of the word is “cathexis”. Trans.]