O desaparecimento de si no existir humano : Alzheimer e paixão amorosa

Abstract

The human being has increasingly tried to find ways to not have to deal with himself. Many are the mechanisms to run away from himself. This study has the objective of understanding and reflecting upon the phenomenon of the disappearance of the being. the various ways in which it can be seen and what its purpose is according to the phenomenological-existential approach. One of the possibilities of disappearing of oneself occurs in cases os Alzheimer and in infatuation. Among the consequences of these phenomena is the subject’s illness, and when falling ill, one can get to see a psychologist. The basic question is ‘how does psychology approach this topic and which resources does it have to understand and act in relation to the self-disappearing phenomenon?’ The disappearance from oneself can be presented as a way for some break from one’s self, a period of rest from a person’s own self. In Alzheimer, there are some attitutes taken by the subject, the Family members or caretakers that can slow the process and make it possible if the disease is identified early on and with the assistance of a psychologist. As time passes the ill person does not recall his suffering, neither himself. In many cases, the one that is psychologically affected by the alzheimer’s desease starts to become aloof, to forget about himself and his own Family. Different from the Alzheimer, in which there is loss of neurons, the infatuation can be interpreted as not being part of vanishing from oneself by the Daseinanalysis for having to do with the emotional dimension of the subject, which composes the ‘Being-in-the-world’. The person’s experiences are drenched in emotion, which are part of the subject and which he can not forget about. Situations that cause significant changes can impact the person in a way to disable her to give meaning to an experience. The psychologist, in the disappearance of the self as well as in passion, will have to welcome the other with total acceptance of the position the person finds herself in. The therapist’s goal is to identify the possible ways of vanishing from oneself and validate the subject’s experience with regard to loss of memory of the Family members and himself. When a person does not have any relationships with others with whom she could share her suffering, one of the possibilities is disappearing from herself. The psychologist must understand her forgetfulness-about-herself in order to properly care for the one who is going through any suffering of this nature. The bibliographical methodology was used for this work.