Marques corporelles, tatouages et solutions subjectives à l’adolescence

Psychic reality articulation in nonmainstream body modifications: A single‐case study

“…This means, inflicting some sort of damage or excess over the living tissue around the amputation that was not necessarily phantasized or even calculated in advance. Moreover, as Gaspard et al (2014), we have also apprehended the modifications of Mr. Z as a way of self-treating the body. This is, inflicting a change into parts that are non-symbolized, uncivilized, and non-cyphered by the signifier, "a jouissance not traversed by castration" (Gaspard et al, 2014, p. 171).…”

“…Being “too common” or having a banal appearance seems to indicate that something of the Imaginary specter was not inscribed as an extraction that would ballast the body image, it was not transferred as that “pound of flesh” (Lacan, 2014, p. 219) that had to be sacrificed through castration or Real loss of the object (the breast, feces, etc. ), or as a pound of flesh to pay a symbolic debt (Gaspard et al., 2014). He performs and is the architect of that self‐sacrifice in the Real of the body, literally extracting parts of it, that is, residual parts (“ …a cyborg has no nipples or navel ”).…”

“…A drive cycle that for him is difficult to envelope and appease, constantly pushing the limits. Gaspard et al (2014) indicate how in many cases body marks are more an "avatar" or an "appearance without substance", than a symbolic mark. Something similar is observed in Mr. Z, who does not reveal a symbolic value behind his transformation project, his choice to be an "alien cyborg", like a Giger design, or to mutilate a finger, are simply a choice of mere taste, but it does not symbolize anything beyond its appearance of being "very cool" and something he "liked".…”

“…On the other hand, recent studies were identified (Londoño, 2022) where body modifications in adolescents and young adults play a role within the psychic economy as a "subjective solution", which could be described as self-therapeutic to treat any form of malaise. The authors asserted that body modification should not be reduced to a simple banner or insignia, but rather bringing together conflicting elements, restoring psychic homeostasis, and allowing secondary elaborations and changes in subjective positions that are more favorable to the subject (Gaspard et al, 2014). Similarly, a relationship between identity disturbances, self-concept in borderline personalities and body modifications was evidenced.…”

Les scarifications à l’adolescence : un autre regard

“…En conclusion, les pratiques de scarification servent bien à assurer à leur auteur une enveloppe sensorielle visuelle et tactile lorsque les interactions précoces n'ont pas permis l'introjection d'une séparation nette entre l'extérieur et l'intérieur [16,22,23]…”