Full Title
RIVISTA SPERIMENTALE DI FRENIATRIA
Publisher
FrancoAngeli
ISSN
1129-6437 (Printed Journal)
1972-5582 (Online Journal)
Journal Volume Number
146
Journal Issue Number
3
Journal Issue Designation
3
Journal Issue Date
2022
Full Title
Corpo e Autolesionismo: spunti di riflessione sui Disturbi dell'Alimentazione e sull'Autolesionismo in tempi di pandemia da SARS CoV-2
By (author)
First Page
105
Last Page
123
Language of text
Italian
Publication Date
2022/12
Copyright
2022 FrancoAngeli srl
Introduction or preface
Nel periodo pandemico da SARS-CoV-2, molti individui hanno vissuto profondi mutamenti nel loro vivere quotidiano. Questi cambiamenti hanno coinvolto non solo la nostra quotidianità ma anche il numero e le manifestazioni psicopatologiche che i clinici si trovano a dover affrontare. Un dato allarmante è l'aumento della frequenza di disturbi dell'alimentazione così come del fenomeno del Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) negli adolescenti. Sembra esserci un comune denominatore tra queste due manifestazioni psicopatologiche, un filo conduttore, tra il corpo e il gesto autolesivo, nel corso del tempo nella nostra società "consumistica": l'abbandono del tempo lento, riflessivo, introspettivo in favore della velocità e dell'alacrità dell'azione, che analizza e inganna rapidamente e immediatamente. L'offerta di una soluzione immediatamente pronta e disponibile, come il nuovo oggetto da conseguire e possedere, certamente lenisce il disagio, ma allo stesso tempo esilia il soggetto dal suo vero Sé, si allontana dalla sua ruvidezza, smussa gli spigoli senza tuttavia livellarli. In un'epoca in cui il trascorrere del tempo appare e deve essere sempre più veloce e più tumultuoso per far fronte al tempo che viene ulteriormente accelerato verso un obiettivo indefinito, secondo una pratica consumistica che non può consentire pause o rallentamenti, il corpo "fisico e materiale" sempre immediatamente disponibile si afferma come un luogo privilegiato ed esclusivo da cui versare l'unguento lenitivo, la "pozione magica" che risulta drammaticamente disfunzionale.
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