Method:

The inclusion criteria for the articles were the keyword “body” and a time limitation of the last 10 years. Over the 54 years during which the journal was published, only 15 papers were published on this theme, with eight of them being published from 2012 to 2022.

Objective:

To discover whether there have been changes in the way the body is thought about or felt, from a psychoanalytic point of view, in the last ten years.

Results:

Each text offered a unique perspective on the relationship between the body and the powerful lens of psychoanalysis for understanding psychic suffering expressed through the body.

Conclusion:

With new forms of subjectivity in contemporary times, suffering no longer follows the logic of psychic conflict, repression, and representation, as it is characterized by the impossibility of representation and naming. However, psychoanalysis remains relevant, alive, and current in analyzing human responses to social challenges.

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