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A journey to pain.

The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis

|January 1, 1990

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This study shows how emotional experiences in psychoanalysis can restore the ability to feel pain and guilt after trauma. Overcoming unbearable feelings is key to healing and adapting to reality.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Trauma Studies

Background:

Explores the restoration of emotional capacity following traumatic loss.
Focuses on the psychoanalytic treatment of grief and guilt.

Observation:

A woman experiencing intense pain and guilt after losing her infant in a car accident.
Her fragmented self struggled with unbearable emotions, linking the accident to past aggressive wishes.

Findings:

The patient perceived object loss as a result of her destructiveness, impairing mourning and leading to self-aggression.
The analyst's non-retaliatory stance facilitated self-object differentiation and reality adaptation.

Implications:

Demonstrates the restoration of the capacity to feel pain and guilt through psychoanalysis.
Highlights the importance of the therapeutic relationship in processing trauma and grief.
Suggests that overcoming unbearable emotions is crucial for psychological healing and adaptation.