LIBIDO AND AGING: Does the elderly, in the aging process, have their libido decreased?
This article, thinking about psychoanalysis and aging, aimed to reflect on the libidinal condition of the elderly. In the aging process is there a reduction in libido? The text presents some theoretical constructions from Freud and illustrates with fragments of a clinical case. Following Freud, the...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas) |
| Repositorio: | Psicologia em Revista (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.pucminas.br:article/24013 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.pucminas.br/psicologiaemrevista/article/view/24013 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Psychoanalysis Elderly Libido Sublimation Social bond Psicanálise Idoso Sublimação Laço social Psicoanálisis Anciano Sublimación Lazo social |
| Sumario: | This article, thinking about psychoanalysis and aging, aimed to reflect on the libidinal condition of the elderly. In the aging process is there a reduction in libido? The text presents some theoretical constructions from Freud and illustrates with fragments of a clinical case. Following Freud, the libido is a force that acts with constant impact, without ever ceasing. If the elderly subject does not invest in reality, we should understand this as something of the order of the symptom and not as a libidinal emptying. Litza, clinical vignette, speaks of this condition. Each subject builds his way, his/her history, seeking within himself his own strengths to continue desiring. As a drive (trieb) destination, sublimation is the possible path. |
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