Isteria e umiliazione: una prospettiva relazionale

Titolo Rivista RICERCA PSICOANALITICA
Autori/Curatori Samuel Gerson
Anno di pubblicazione 2015 Fascicolo 2015/1 Lingua Italiano
Numero pagine 20 P. 65-84 Dimensione file 80 KB
DOI 10.3280/RPR2015-001006
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L’uso che è stato fatto del concetto d’isteria e di alcune costanti quali sessualità, genere e potere ci fornisce degli insight sui problemi che l’isteria cerca di nascondere, trasformandoli in forme psicopatologiche e psicosomatiche. In particolare, l’autore sostiene che le problematiche connesse con l’isteria rappresentino gli effetti dannosi dell’umiliazione sull’esperienza e sull’articolazione della vita affettiva. Secondo lui, l’isteria è la conseguenza di un’umiliazione che non può essere espressa. D’altra parte, l’associazione tra umiliazione e isteria trae la sua origine nei processi evolutivi di base laddove la capacità di riconoscere i propri sentimenti e agirli consapevolmente sia sostenuta, incoraggiata o ostacolata;

Keywords:Hysteria, somatisation, sexuality, conversion, humiliation, affect life

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Samuel Gerson, Isteria e umiliazione: una prospettiva relazionale in "RICERCA PSICOANALITICA" 1/2015, pp 65-84, DOI: 10.3280/RPR2015-001006