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Omnipotence in Suicide

Student: Barkute Dovile

Supervisor: Andrey V. Rossokhin

Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences

Educational Programme: Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2021

Suicide is an eternal mystery for humanity. Unfortunately, we have no opportunity to ask the real suicider of how and why he did that. It is very difficult to investigate suicide just before the act, as potential suiciders are usually socially isolated/self-isolated at this time. There can be no greater tragedy in psychotherapy than a patient's successful suicide attempt. And in practice, there are dreams of suicidal desires. “Omnipotence in Suicide” is a master's thesis exploring the conflict of life and death. It consistently discusses the process from the birth of a person to the final human decision, which is a suicide. It is a long haul filled with trauma and anxiety. Most suiciders don't really want to die, they just can't stand life. The master's thesis concentrates on depression: suicidal behavior is the last result of the depression dynamics, as well as the depression and the suicide it causes is, first of all, the outcome of the conflict of aggressions. The work offers an answer to the question of how pain differs from depression. It explains where all destructive feelings such as shame, guilt, aggression, anxiety come from. What is masochism and narcissism in the concept of suicide. The author of the work analyzes childhood traumas and the mother’s influence on the development of the child. The author tries to consider each situation with practical examples. Thus, the thesis acquires an apparent sense and understanding. Finally, the master thesis describes suicidal processes and the culmination of the death conflict, when an answer is given to the question of why a proud Omnipotence hides in suicide after all. This work is aimed at assessing the situation through psychoanalytic critical assessment, the purpose of which is to help the novice psychoanalyst become familiar with the concept of suicide.

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