Experiences of Falling Ill with Fibromyalgia: An Incursion into the Collective Imaginary of Women
Abstract A psychoanalytic exploration of the collective imaginary of patients about a chronic condition can help health professionals to understand the experience of falling ill in its intersubjective aspect. This study aimed to investigate the collective imaginary about fibromyalgia in women affect...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Universidade de São Paulo
2021-11-01
|
| Series: | Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-863X2021000100210&tlng=en |
| _version_ | 1828242670441463808 |
|---|---|
| author | Rodrigo Sanches Peres |
| author_facet | Rodrigo Sanches Peres |
| author_sort | Rodrigo Sanches Peres |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Abstract A psychoanalytic exploration of the collective imaginary of patients about a chronic condition can help health professionals to understand the experience of falling ill in its intersubjective aspect. This study aimed to investigate the collective imaginary about fibromyalgia in women affected by this syndrome. This is a qualitative study based on the psychoanalytic investigative method. Data were collected from 18 women through group interviews guided by the Drawing-Story with Theme Procedure. Data analysis followed technical movements defined by the oscillation from a receptive passivity to an active receptivity. Results showed that, after falling ill, the participants did not feel to be the same persons they were before or, in certain cases, no longer regard themselves as persons at all. It was also verified that delegitimation generates psychological suffering described by the participants as a kind of pain. Therefore, it is recommended to value relational technologies in health care offered by multidisciplinary teams to women with fibromyalgia |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-12T22:18:44Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-9da118b06fbd4f4b879797d4a2cff05d |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1982-4327 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-12T22:18:44Z |
| publishDate | 2021-11-01 |
| publisher | Universidade de São Paulo |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) |
| spelling | doaj.art-9da118b06fbd4f4b879797d4a2cff05d2022-12-22T03:14:26ZengUniversidade de São PauloPaidéia (Ribeirão Preto)1982-43272021-11-013110.1590/1982-4327e3140Experiences of Falling Ill with Fibromyalgia: An Incursion into the Collective Imaginary of WomenRodrigo Sanches Pereshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2957-7554Abstract A psychoanalytic exploration of the collective imaginary of patients about a chronic condition can help health professionals to understand the experience of falling ill in its intersubjective aspect. This study aimed to investigate the collective imaginary about fibromyalgia in women affected by this syndrome. This is a qualitative study based on the psychoanalytic investigative method. Data were collected from 18 women through group interviews guided by the Drawing-Story with Theme Procedure. Data analysis followed technical movements defined by the oscillation from a receptive passivity to an active receptivity. Results showed that, after falling ill, the participants did not feel to be the same persons they were before or, in certain cases, no longer regard themselves as persons at all. It was also verified that delegitimation generates psychological suffering described by the participants as a kind of pain. Therefore, it is recommended to value relational technologies in health care offered by multidisciplinary teams to women with fibromyalgiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-863X2021000100210&tlng=enfibromyalgiacollective imaginaryqualitative researchwomen - health and hygienepsychoanalysis |
| spellingShingle | Rodrigo Sanches Peres Experiences of Falling Ill with Fibromyalgia: An Incursion into the Collective Imaginary of Women Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) fibromyalgia collective imaginary qualitative research women - health and hygiene psychoanalysis |
| title | Experiences of Falling Ill with Fibromyalgia: An Incursion into the Collective Imaginary of Women |
| title_full | Experiences of Falling Ill with Fibromyalgia: An Incursion into the Collective Imaginary of Women |
| title_fullStr | Experiences of Falling Ill with Fibromyalgia: An Incursion into the Collective Imaginary of Women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experiences of Falling Ill with Fibromyalgia: An Incursion into the Collective Imaginary of Women |
| title_short | Experiences of Falling Ill with Fibromyalgia: An Incursion into the Collective Imaginary of Women |
| title_sort | experiences of falling ill with fibromyalgia an incursion into the collective imaginary of women |
| topic | fibromyalgia collective imaginary qualitative research women - health and hygiene psychoanalysis |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-863X2021000100210&tlng=en |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT rodrigosanchesperes experiencesoffallingillwithfibromyalgiaanincursionintothecollectiveimaginaryofwomen |