Os afetos no sofrer: um estudo sobre a influência das relações contemporâneas em momentos de sofrimento

Abstract

The present undergraduate thesis focuses on a bibliographic research aimed at investigating, with the support of psychoanalysis, how contemporary affections, in all their forms, influence the experience of pain and suffering, considering both their potential to provide support and the experiences of helplessness that arise throughout this process. This investigation was conducted through the reading of articles and books that address themes such as affections, suffering, and contemporaneity, by authors such as Ana Suy, Christian Dunker, Zygmunt Bauman, among others, who offer reflections and debates on modernity and its anxieties regarding relationships and their tensions. As a result of this research, it was highlighted that contemporary forms of relating are grounded in a capitalist logic of consumption and disposability, which reveals a constant pursuit to avoid suffering at all costs. In this sense, helplessness is manifested not only in the absence of support but also in the rapid replacement of bonds and the denial of suffering. Conversely, affections experienced during moments of suffering proved to be powerful, especially within listening spaces and support networks offered to the subject, providing a space for the elaboration of suffering.