Abstract:
We will discuss the psychopathological evolution in the archaic zone of subjectivity when the projective identification loses its primitive communication dimension, assuming a radical role of evacuation and damaging the maternal rêverie. We will study the early experiences of the psyche embedded in the baby part of the self, fundamental to the processes of primary symbolization. Their failures are manifested in the clinic through intense sufferings captained by primitive anxieties, such as abandonment and separation, which lead to severe responses such as fragmentation and depersonalization. We will present a clinical fragment to illustrate the archaic forms of psychic disorganization proper to failures in the baby part of the self.
Keywords:
projective identification; psychic constitution; nameless dread; primary symbolization; maternal rêverie