THE WINNICOTTIAN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUICIDAL ACT AND INTENTION: : DEFENDING AND RESTARTING
The purpose of this article is to examine some descriptive aspects of the act of suicide and suicidal ideation and show the way in which Winnicott would understand this act. Among the different meanings that it can have for the individual, either as a defense against the unbearable anxieties directe...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas) |
| Repositório: | Psicologia em Revista (Online) |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.pucminas.br:article/22939 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://periodicos.pucminas.br/psicologiaemrevista/article/view/22939 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Suicide Meaning Illusion Aggressiveness Winnicott Suicídio Significado Ilusão Agressividade Suicidio Ilusión Agresividad |
| Resumo: | The purpose of this article is to examine some descriptive aspects of the act of suicide and suicidal ideation and show the way in which Winnicott would understand this act. Among the different meanings that it can have for the individual, either as a defense against the unbearable anxieties directed at oneself or someone else or, further, as a secondary effect of a risky action that ends with death. I will highlight one sense, rarely touched upon, which is to consider that certain suicidal acts are an attempt to start over again, as if this was possible. In these cases, the suicidal act would correspond to an act of the false self, believing that there would not be any other chance that the true self is not annihilated in its relations with the world. This analysis aims ultimately at offering to the clinician an understanding that can help him know effectively what to say on the meaning of suicide when this possibility is an issue in the analytical work. This type of analysis is part of the development of an ethics of psychoanalytic care within the epistemological and methodological framework of Winnicott’s thinking. |
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