The Wound, the Bow and the Shadow of the Object: Notes on Freud's ‘Mourning and Melancholia’

Sodre, Ignes

doi:10.1002/9780470713525.ch7

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“…Thus the individual can feel abandoned and ‘forsaken’. In the words of Ignes Sodre, psychoanalyst, ‘grief and guilt (are) in constant oscillation with hatred and grievance’ (, p. 140). In order to induce some relief of the grievance and persecutory feelings, the aggression must be acknowledged and integrated with guilt.…”

Section: Loss/sadness/depressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Encapsulated Sadness: Iranian Migrants and Exiles in London

Sekechi¹

2020

Brit J Psychotherapy

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This paper is about the experiences of migration of middle class Iranians living in London, with focus on the psychosocial experiences of one woman. Her story is representative of the stories of Iranians who 'make it' in exile. There is scant study of the lives of middle class Iranian migrants; I carried out research to contribute to the wider literature on migration and to address this gap. The paper is based on the empirical findings of a PhD study which drew on two strands of psychosocial methodology, BNIM (biographical narrative interview method) and FANI (free association narrative interview) to collect data. Ten Iranian men and women living in London were selected through 'purposive sampling' and a 'snowballing process' and each individual was interviewed twice. Examination of the data draws on psychoanalytic, sociological and psychosocial theories to gain insight into experiences of loss and the relationship between loss and sadness expressed in their stories. Common to all of the interviewees was a core sense of loss. This was mostly linked to losses of work, professional status, family attachments and complexities of cultural belonging and dislocation. The findings suggest that this sadness is of an encapsulated nature that cannot be worked through.

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Section: Loss/sadness/depressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Encapsulated Sadness: Iranian Migrants and Exiles in London

Sekechi¹

2020

Brit J Psychotherapy

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“…In the image of Wanda's depression, the red blood tone of sadism and hatred, dominates over the bleak, murky sadness of abandonment and guilt (Sodre, ). Her despair is the result of her inability to reconstruct herself and to manage her hostility.…”

Section: Ida and Wanda – Two Tones Of Melancholiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ignes Sodré () described tormenting, persecutory guilt in a very insightful way. The image of the suffering and then annihilated object awakens absolute accusations which are experienced as an attack on the self.…”

Section: Reunion At the Grave And Persecutory Guiltmentioning

confidence: 99%