The mother’s body, the role of pleasure in the mother–infant relationship, and the traumatic risk
- In this paper, I wish to talk about the process of becoming a mother, with particular attention to the role of the mother's bodily experience, during pregnancy and childbirth, in developing maternal competencies. Studies on neurophysiological mother–infant interaction allow us to focus on a series of specific bodily based processes that support their relationship in order to guarantee the establishment of a secure attachment. The experience of pregnancy and childbirth, through the body, reactivates the somatic memories of the woman, with the possibility of a re-enactment of traumatic experiences on the one hand, but also with the possibility of a transformation and an integration of these experiences through physiological, biological, psychological processes characteristic of motherhood. Neurophysiological processes related to bodily pleasure can make the difference. The literature at hand describes a post-traumatic stress disorder in women due to the conditions of giving birth, with particular attention to women with a history of sexual abuse during childhood. We should ask ourselves exactly how psychoanalysis considers this new emergent issue and how it should reconsider the role of the mother's body.
MetadatenAuthor: | Ornella Piccini |
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Parent Title (English): | International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 30 (No. 3, 2021), pp. 129-138. |
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Document Type: | Articles |
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Language: | English |
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Year of first Publication: | 2021 |
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Release Date: | 2022/05/04 |
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Format: | PDF-scan upon request / PDF-Scan auf Anfrage |
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IdNo: | Piccini_O_2021 |
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Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
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