Peter Brandt writes:
> Martha:
> >Peter, Thanx for posting this article to us. Any idea what an Xtoid is? Or
> >thanatos-driven?
> No, I do not have a clue. Some kind of slang I guess.
I think, thanatos is the death force, the counterpart of Eros (life
force) in the work of the late Sigmund Freud.
Any (self)-destructive behavior is denoted as thanatos-driven.
Regards
Christian