Self-injury in the psychoanalytic perspective: a study on sharing on social networks
Self-injury, adolescence, psychoanalysis, social networks.
The research aims to discuss the sharing of self-harm on social media through a literature review from a psychoanalytic perspective, focusing on adolescence and its relationship with social media, as well as the interplay between adolescence, self-harm, and social media as a field of investigation. According to the review, self-harm is one of the possible subjective responses of adolescents to deal with the inherent impasses arising from the eruption of the real during puberty. The identification of adolescents with the fluid functioning of social media and the expansion of ways in which they seek to establish connections among peers are also highlighted. It is concluded that the sharing of self-harm on social media is argued on the basis of the absence of an interlocutor with whom to share the pain, and the adherence to communities and testimonies promotes a sense of belonging in adolescents. However, these groups operate based on a logic of resonance or echo chambers, which involves the exposure of considerations that echo their own opinions, reinforced by a chorus of other individuals who share the same perspectives.