Citation

Allphin C. J. Anal. Psychol. 2018; 63(5): 641-655.

Affiliation

Oakland, CA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Society of Analytical Psychology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/1468-5922.12449

PMID

30308098

Abstract

This article is about the author's experience of being left by suicide and the effect the experience had on her work as an analyst in the consulting room and as a member of psychological organizations. The effects are generalized to others who have been left by suicide based on the writings of those left, and on writings of authors who have researched the subject. Shame and the effects the judgments of society now and in the past have on the person who suffers this experience are central, as well as the positive and negative ways groups are used by a person left by suicide to find solace and to emerge from the darkness of such abandonment. There is a constant longing (often unconscious) for replacement of the lost one. The article seeks to help analysts and those who have been left by suicide understand the suffering and the indelible mark that is experienced when there is a suicide of someone close. Understanding by the analyst is important in order to modulate the shame of this experience.

© 2018, The Society of Analytical Psychology.

Language: en

Keywords

Analytische Psychologie; Dissoziation; Jung; Scham; Suizid; Trauma; analytical psychology; disociación; dissociation; dissociazione; honte; psicologia analitica; psicología analítica; psychologie analytique; shame; suicide; suicidio; trauma; vergogna; vergüenza; Юнг; аналитическая психология; диссоциация; стыд; суицид; травма; 分析心理学; 分离; 创伤; 羞耻; 自杀; 荣格