The pains of childbirth. Psychopathological reflections around anxiety and primitive narcissism

Authors

  • Vívian Anijar Fragoso Rei Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo; Laboratório de Psicopatologia Fundamental
  • Xochiquetzaly Yeruti de Avila Ramírez Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo; Laboratório de Psicopatologia Fundamental
  • Manoel Tosta Berlinck Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo; Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e da Saúde; Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Clínica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i1p67-77

Keywords:

pains of childbirth, disjunction, anxiety, primitive narcissism, maternal love.

Abstract

This work has as starting point the enigmas raised by the speech of two patients in order to reflect about the pain of childbirth and the pathos involved in it. The paper seeks to deepen the painful dimension of childbirth, as it operates a process of disjunction. It analyzes how the pain experienced by Tânia and Luíza at the time of childbirth configures the anxiety related with the uncanny and the primitive narcissism. The text also highlights the "washing of the pains" as a therapeutic option that eases the passage of the anxiety caused by the disjunction towards the emergence of maternal love.

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Published

2014-04-01

Issue

Section

Dossie: The child´s mother and the other

How to Cite

Rei, V. A. F., Ramírez, X. Y. de A., & Berlinck, M. T. (2014). The pains of childbirth. Psychopathological reflections around anxiety and primitive narcissism. Clinical Styles. The Journal on the Vicissitudes of Childhood, 19(1), 67-77. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i1p67-77