HOW DOES THE BODY SPEAK? A LACANIAN APPROACH TO PSYCHOSOMATIZATION

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2023-10-6

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Ergün, Sevinç

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Pyschosomatization refers to the manifestation of physical symptoms with psychological origins. The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between the psychosomatic symptom and the subject's discourse regarding the symptom. For this purpose, a detailed examination will be conducted on various psychotherapy sessions of a woman who sought treatment for fainting seizures in an educational clinic affiliated with a university's clinical psychology program. For the scope of this study, 10 sessions were analyzed using the Lacanian Discourse Analysis. The findings were examined under four main themes: The symptom in the patient's discourse, Incidents coinciding with the symptom onset, Repetitive expressions associated with the symptom, and Changes in the discourse of the patient during the process. In this context, the findings were discussed under three different headings, considering triggering events coinciding with the onset of the symptom, the formation of the symptom, and its role in the patient's discourse. When considering the bodily symptom, the fainting seizure examined here seemed to come to the forefront, especially after a change in the patient's symbolic position. In the context of relationships with the Other and others, the symptom appeared to serve as a punctuating function for the subject, particularly in the face of the difficulty regarding the absence in the gaze of the Other and her symbolic positioning. In relationships where the lack is perceived as an accusation, the symptom seems to take on the role of attributing blame to the Other.

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Psikosomatizasyon, Beden, Lacanyen Söylem Analizi, Lacanyen Psikanaliz, Psychosomatization, Body, Lacanian Discourse Analysis, Lacanian Psychoanalysis

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/105479

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis