ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS OF QUARANTINE ON THE EXPRESSION OF NEUROSES IN POSTMODERN SUBJECTS (Atena Editora)

Abstract

This work discusses the influence of social isolation as a measure to combat the spread of the Covid-19 virus, its impacts on the postmodern subject and the expression of neuroses as a result of the conflict between the need for bonds and the impasses brought about by the pandemic. of Covid-19. To understand how some neurotic elements have appeared, a chronology of the concept of neurosis was drawn based on Freud, who credits its establishment to the conflict between a sexual impulse and a socially imposed morality. The superego is therefore sustained by reaching new psychoanalytic proposals that increasingly consider the new structuring of the subject over time, establishing relationships between the social-economic-moral context and the ways in which these present themselves. As a theoretical contribution, the concept of liquid modernity, by Zygmunt Bauman, was explored and the characteristics of the individual born in this situation and which tend to make him susceptible to neuroses. The research aims to establish relationships between the postmodern subject and the presence of neurotic-obsessive behaviors and thoughts in a context in which social distancing is necessary; specifically, we sought to qualify neurotic behaviors in their recurring variations before and during the pandemic, understanding their mechanisms of action and pointing out the hypothesis, to be verified, that social isolation would increase the expression of obsessive-compulsive elements. In this bibliographic investigation, a survey was carried out in the SCIELO, PEPSIC and Google Scholar databases, considering the descriptors: Liquid modernity; Obsession; Compulsion; Covid-19; Social Isolation and other relevant issues. From this perspective, this proposition was considered valid and probable, as it is assumed that restricting social contact eliminates the possibility for individuals to avoid confrontation with their otherness, limiting alternatives for escape, exposing them to neuroses resulting from the lack of intimacy with themselves. This research is justified because it highlights the difference that isolation provides in the analysis of the subject and the functioning of obsessions.