Trauma and the Disruption of Temporal Experience: A Psychoanalytical and Phenomenological Perspective

Mezzalira, Selene; Santoro, Gianluca; Bochicchio, Vincenzo; Schimmenti, Adriano

doi:10.1057/s11231-023-09395-w

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“…Three sub-themes, Uncharted Territory, Being in the Moment, and Re-discovering Identities and Relationships highlight some of the enormous challenges of Temporality Disrupted, but also provide glimpses of the importance of focusing on positive moments in the present as a backdrop to an unknown, terrifying future. Temporality as a psychosocial construct has its modern roots in psychoanalytic and phenomenological theories and focuses "on subjectivity and its capacity for a temporization of events can shed light on the temporal constitution of experience, especially when this involves traumatic phenomena" [45] (p. 37). Stakeholders' poetic contributions illuminated often hidden and private traumas that generated disruptions in identity and in family, social and professional relationships, accompanied by a loss of dignity [46].…”

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‘Misdiagnosed and Misunderstood’: Insights into Rarer Forms of Dementia through a Stepwise Approach to Co-Constructed Research Poetry

Camic,

Sullivan,

Harding

et al. 2024

Healthcare

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This study investigated co-constructed research poetry as a way to understand the lived experiences of people affected by rarer dementia and as a means to use poetry to convey those experiences to healthcare professionals. Using mixed methods, 71 people living with rarer dementia and care-partners (stakeholders) contributed to co-constructing 27 poems with professional poets; stakeholders’ verbatim words were analysed with descriptive qualitative analysis. Stakeholders were also surveyed and interviewed about their participation. Healthcare professionals (n = 93) were surveyed to elicit their responses to learning through poetry and its acceptability as a learning tool. Poems conveyed a shared narrative of different aspects of lived experience, often owing to atypical symptoms, misunderstandings by professionals, lack of support pathways, and a continuous struggle to adapt. Stakeholder surveys indicated it was a valuable experience to both co-create and respond to the poems, whilst group interviews revealed people’s experiences of the research poetry were characterised by reflection on lived experience, curiosity and exploration. Healthcare professionals’ responses reinforced poetry’s capacity to stimulate cognitive and affective learning specific to rare dementia support and prompt both empathy and critical thinking in practice. As the largest poetry-based study that we are aware of, this novel accessible approach of creating group poems yielded substantial information about the experiences and needs of those affected by rarer dementia and how poetry can contribute to healthcare education and training.

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“…Traumatic experiences can "generate a disruption in the person's identity and sense of reality, which deeply involve the dimension of time" [45] (p. 37). As these poems suggest, the temporisation of experience is a shared narrative felt by both care-partners and those living with rarer forms of dementia.…”

Section: Poems: Narrative Synthesismentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Misdiagnosed and Misunderstood’: Insights into Rarer Forms of Dementia through a Stepwise Approach to Co-Constructed Research Poetry

Camic,

Sullivan,

Harding

et al. 2024

Healthcare

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“…Traumatic experiences can "generate a disruption in the person's identity and sense of reality, which deeply involve the dimension of time" [45], p. 37. As these poems suggest, the temporisation of experience is a shared narrative felt by both care-partners and those living with rarer dementia.…”

Section: Poems: Narrative Synthesismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Three sub-themes, Uncharted Territory, Being in the Moment, Re-discovering Identities and Relationships highlight some of the enormous challenges of Temporality Disrupted, but also provide glimpses of the importance of focusing on positive moments in the present as a backdrop to an unknown, terrifying future. Temporality as a psychosocial construct has its modern roots in psychoanalytic and phenomenological theories and focuses "on subjectivity and its capacity for a temporization of events can shed light on the temporal constitution of experience, especially when this involves traumatic phenomena" [45], p. 37. Stakeholders' poetic contributions illuminated often hidden and private traumas that generated disruptions in identity and in family, social and professional relationships, accompanied by a loss of dignity [46].…”

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‘Misdiagnosed and Misunderstood’: Insights into Rarer Forms of Dementia through a Stepwise Approach to Co-Constructed Research Poetry

Camic,

Sullivan,

Harding

et al. 2023

Preprint

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This study investigated co-constructed research poetry as a way to understand the lived experiences of people affected by rarer dementia and as a means to use poetry to convey those experiences to healthcare professionals. Using mixed-methods, 71 people living with rarer dementia and care-partners (stakeholders) contributed to co-constructing 27 poems with professional poets; stakeholders’ verbatim words were analysed with descriptive qualitative analysis. Stakeholders were also surveyed and interviewed about their participation. Healthcare professionals (n = 93) were surveyed to elicit their responses to learning through poetry and its acceptability as a learning tool. Poems conveyed a shared narrative of different aspects of lived experience, often owing to atypical symptoms, misunderstandings by professionals, lack of support pathways, and a continuous struggle to adapt. Stakeholder surveys indicated it was a valuable experience to both co-create and respond to the poems, whilst group interviews revealed people’s experiences of the research poetry were characterised by reflection on lived experience, curiosity and exploration. Healthcare professionals’ responses reinforced the poetry’s capacity to stimulate cognitive and affective learning specific to rare dementia support and prompt both empathy and critical thinking in practice. As the largest poetry-based study that we are aware of, this novel accessible approach of creating group poems yielded substantial information about the experiences and needs of those affected by rarer dementia and how poetry can contribute to healthcare education and training.

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“…Symbolic speech and metaphors in emotional expression, along with the combination of verbal and nonverbal communication such as singing and dancing, are encouraged in media visual arts as a way of self-expression and to 'restore' the self. From a temporal perspective, when traumatic events disrupt the relationship of coherence between the past, present, and future, a coherent auto-narrative personal experience is necessary to pursue in one's treatment [6].…”

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Acting and Dancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic as Art Therapy for the Rehabilitation of Children with Behavioural Disorders Living in Socially Disadvantaged Environments

Tache-Codreanu,

Tache-Codreanu

2024

Children

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Art therapy is employed in numerous ways in rehabilitation. This study focuses on an art and movement therapy project carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acting and dancing methods were adapted to produce a short musical film series for ten children from disadvantaged social backgrounds displaying nonorganic behavioural disorders. The aim was to acquire novel ways of expression on the part of the participants to release painful emotions in a safe setting using the method of catharsis through acting and dancing, triggering relaxation as a physiological response and improving their attitude. This study retrospectively analyses the changes in the children’s behaviour and their active participation in the project through quantitative and qualitative research. The children improved their attention and self-esteem, their behaviour became less aggressive and impulsive, and half showed increased empathy. The active participation rate during the project was 82%.

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Trauma and the Disruption of Temporal Experience: A Psychoanalytical and Phenomenological Perspective

Cited by 6 publications

References 46 publications

‘Misdiagnosed and Misunderstood’: Insights into Rarer Forms of Dementia through a Stepwise Approach to Co-Constructed Research Poetry

‘Misdiagnosed and Misunderstood’: Insights into Rarer Forms of Dementia through a Stepwise Approach to Co-Constructed Research Poetry

‘Misdiagnosed and Misunderstood’: Insights into Rarer Forms of Dementia through a Stepwise Approach to Co-Constructed Research Poetry

Acting and Dancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic as Art Therapy for the Rehabilitation of Children with Behavioural Disorders Living in Socially Disadvantaged Environments

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