SLEEP PARALYSIS: A BRIEF CONTRIBUTION OF PSYCHOANALYSIS

Authors

  • Lucas Bossert Fernandes FMU
  • Terezinha Aparecida de Carvalho Amaro

Abstract

Sleep Paralysis is the activity of getting into the waking process while the subject is still at the REM (rapid eye movement) stage. This study's purpose is to use psychoanalysis acquaintance so that symbolic contents from the symptoms shall bring knowledge. The composition of this production has a theoretical essay as the method. A revisitation of the social-historical scope explained how cultures around the world treated the phenomenon. Concerning the medical model, this study was based on the last theoretical productions, explaining the functionality at the biological scope. Besides that, the psychological lineage initially attempted to show the formation of the sleep mechanism postulated by Freud (1900) and posteriorly supported by a compilation of other authors in psychoanalysis, allowing a link between psychosis and sleep paralysis. The current study has concluded the perception that scientific productions in psychology, especially in psychoanalysis, have not displayed the phenomenon in its totality, bringing an unfinished work. Due to the halfway studies about psychology, this research acknowledges the need to develop further inquiries into this subject matter.

Descriptors: psychoanalysis, psychology, REM sleep.

Published

2023-06-12

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Section

Artigo Teórico