OS LUTOS REAL E SIMBÓLICO EM TEMPOS DE PANDEMIA DA COVID-19 SOB O OLHAR DA PSICANÁLISE

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study presents reflections from a psychoanalytic point of view about real and symbolic grief in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A qualitative approach was adopted with an exploratory objective to review the literature, with the aim of updating the discussion in psychoanalytic studies about the phenomenon of grief in the pandemic period. RESULTS: The publications found still present an embryonic view of the facts, however, despite this, it was possible for us to shed light on the psychic implications arising from absences, especially of funeral rituals, making difficult the libidinal disinvestment in a given object, so that the ego can seek other objects of desire. CONCLUSION: The conclusion of this study points to the need for further research, considering that the implications of a psychic order will only be perceived and, probably, clarified in a few years' time. However, it is possible to anticipate that a significant part of the population, faced with losses and the impossibility of experiencing the farewell ritual, has been overwhelmed by discouragement. The risk is, then, in the death of desire.