Using psychoanalysis, Freud believed that lustfulness was a projection of the patient's lack of ability to love unconditionally and develop cognitively to maturity, and that such patients were overall emotionally shallow.
Freud kasutades psühhoanalüüsi, uskus, et himurus peegeldab patsiendi võimetust tingimusteta armastada ja koginitiivselt küpseks areneda ja sellised patsiendid on üldiselt madala emotsionaalsusega .