Intergenerational transmission of traumas and its association with drug addiction

Authors

  • Cynara Cezar Kopittke Sociedade Brasileira de Psicanálise de Porto Alegre

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60106/rsbppa.v10i2.290

Keywords:

Drug addiction, Trauma, Bond, Denial, Disregard

Abstract

This paper discusses the psychic transmission of traumas across generations as well as the importance of relational psychoanalysis as a field for the understanding of, and intervention in, diseases resulting from toxic and traumatic relational processes. These processes involve situations in which unconscious agreements and pacts allow pathological grief, shameful secrets or traumatic events, submitted to radical defenses such as denial and disregard, to manifest in the mind of one or more descendants, putting their mental development at risk. The study is based on the treatment of a family that seeks psychotherapeutic help due to the drug addiction of a son whose father suffered from traumatic grief on account of his birth. 

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Author Biography

Cynara Cezar Kopittke, Sociedade Brasileira de Psicanálise de Porto Alegre

Psicóloga, Membro Associado da Sociedade Brasileira de Psicanálise de Porto Alegre.      

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Published

2008-12-12

How to Cite

Kopittke, C. C. (2008). Intergenerational transmission of traumas and its association with drug addiction. Psicanálise - Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Psicanálise De Porto Alegre, 10(2), 299–309. https://doi.org/10.60106/rsbppa.v10i2.290

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