Perdão e saúde mental

Luís Claudio Figueiredo

Luís Claudio Figueiredo Círculo Psicanalítico do Rio de Janeiro - CPRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Keywords: Forgiveness, Mental health, Empathy, Excess of self, Unforgivable

Abstract

Forgiveness, its roots in compassion and empathy, the work it gives and the difficulties it presents, will be contemplated as an essential element for what we can, in psychoanalysis, understand as mental health. The limits of forgiveness will also be worked out: the inner limit, in the form of a merciless superego, and the outer limit, in the form of "unforgivable" acts, because they are outside the field of what can be the object of empathy.

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Psicanalista. Membro Efetivo do Círculo Psicanalítico do Rio de Janeiro (CPRJ). Professor aposentado da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Clínica da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

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