David Sahyoun

'Becoming an Adult Is Recognizing, with Minimal Pain, That Santa Claus Doesn't Exist'

David Sahyoun 18/12 18:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Psychoanaysis Quote Santa Claus Growing Children

"Becoming an adult is recognizing, without minimal much pain, that Santa Claus doesn't exist." This quote from the renowned astrophysicist and philosopher of science Hubert Reeves offers, with remarkable insight, accuracy and compassion, a reflection on a key moment in individual psychological development: the day a child discovers that Santa ...

Syrian Prisons: Programmed Dehumanization

David Sahyoun 13/12 17:42 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Lebanon Syria Prisons

Tortured and broken in the prisons of the Syrian regime, detainees are stripped of their humanity. Devastating traumas and challenges in reintegration: psychoanalysis and the humanities shed light on the mechanisms of inevitable dehumanization and outline the difficult paths of reconstruction, at the crossroads of the personal and the ...

'Tyrants Are Great Only Because We Are on Our Knees'

David Sahyoun 11/12 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Syria Tyrants Fear Freedom Psychoanalysis

"Tyrants are great only because we are on our knees." This quote about individual and collective voluntary subjugation is attributed to Étienne de La Boétie, author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude. Published in 1576, the text presents remarkably modern insights into the foundations of tyranny and the reasons for people's submission, ...

René Kaës: It Is Through Crisis That Man Fully Becomes a Man

David Sahyoun 04/12 11:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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If we consider Lebanon to be in a post-war period, despite a fragile ceasefire, the crisis — described by René Kaës as a foundational experience — opens a transformative space between rupture and suture. “It is through crisis that a man creates himself as a man, and history moves between crisis and resolution, ...

The War Within the Couple: A Reflection of Lebanon's War?

David Sahyoun 28/11 17:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

War Psychoanalysis Couple Lebanon

Testimony "Once, our apartment at Galerie Semaan was a peaceful haven. Now, it feels like a real pressure cooker. The atmosphere in our home has completely changed. My husband yells over the smallest things. I do too, actually. Yesterday, we argued simply because the kids were making too much noise while playing— as if noise could still bother ...

Shock and Survival: A Testimony of War and Trauma in Lebanon

David Sahyoun 20/11 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Lebanon Traumatism Psychoanalysis War Testimony

Testimony  "I live in a neighborhood not far from areas that are frequently bombarded. Every day, I am immersed in constant terror. The incessant shelling, the persistent drone hum in the sky, and the whistling of missiles create an exhausting state of hyper-vigilance, fraying our nerves. At the slightest noise, I jump violently, my heart ...

The Good and the Bad: Two Sides of the Same Coin

David Sahyoun 13/11 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Psychoanalysis Quote

"The good only dream of what the bad actually do." This quote from Plato, later referenced by Freud, could be seen as an epitome of The Interpretation of Dreams, the cornerstone of Freud's theory that a dream is a disguised fulfillment of a repressed desire. For Freud, dreams, like fantasies, play a crucial role in the human unconscious. ...

Can We Live with Our Traumas?

David Sahyoun 30/10 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Traumatism Psychoanalysis Lebanon War

As we wrote in our previous article, trauma causes a psychic collapse, a shock that leaves a person unsteady, defenseless against the seismic breach and the abrupt rupture in their sense of continuity of existence. Lebanese people have been living for far too long in a trauma-inducing environment. The repeated situations of hot and cold wars, ...

‘An Inner Cataclysm’: The Ordeal of Survivors of Attacks and Wars

David Sahyoun 23/10 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

psychoanalysis traumas wars

Simon Fieschi, former webmaster of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, was found dead on Thursday, October 17, 2024. The causes of his death remain unknown. He had been critically injured during the attack on January 7, 2015, in Paris. His death brings back into focus the heavy psychological toll paid by survivors of attacks or wars, ...

At the Heart of Desire: Death

David Sahyoun 16/10 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

psychoanalysis desire death

“The function of desire must remain in a fundamental relationship with death.” – J. Lacan Desire is always born from a lack, from an absence. It expresses the nostalgia for a lost wholeness, for an original state of satisfaction that we seek to rediscover throughout our lives. Yet, this desire is insatiable by nature, as its object is ...

Talking About War with Your Children: A Necessity, Not an Option

David Sahyoun 09/10 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Psychoanalysis War Children

War has taken hold of our country, and it seems likely to go on, with its devastating consequences both collectively and individually. Our environment is saturated with the rumble of bombings, shell explosions, sonic booms and other terrifying sounds. Everyone, whether near or far from the war zones, is experiencing the exhausting effects of ...

War: A Reflection of the Leaders’ Unconscious

David Sahyoun 02/10 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Every week, we invite you to explore a striking theme to reveal its depth and richness. These lapidary, often provocative formulas open up new perspectives on the intricacies of the human psyche. By deciphering these quotes with rigor and pedagogy, we invite you on a fascinating journey to the heart of psychoanalytic thought to better understand ...

Freud: 'Civilizational Hypocrisy, the Price of Social Adaptation'

David Sahyoun 25/09 19:02 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Every week, we invite you to explore a striking theme from a great psychoanalyst to reveal its depth and richness. These lapidary, often provocative formulas open up new perspectives on the intricacies of the human psyche. By deciphering these quotes with rigor and pedagogy, we invite you on a fascinating journey to the heart of psychoanalytic ...

Bruno Bettelheim: “Love Is Not Enough”

David Sahyoun 18/09 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

'When Someone Speaks, It Gets Brighter'

David Sahyoun 11/09 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

“Whichever Way One Goes About It, One Always Does It Wrong”

David Sahyoun 04/09 18:41 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Anxiety in Lebanon: A Permanent Shadow Cast on the Psyche

David Sahyoun 28/08 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Einstein’s Letter to Freud: Why War?

David Sahyoun 07/08 17:47 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Sigmund Freud Unveils the Paradoxes of Love and Suffering

David Sahyoun 01/08 18:11 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Every week, we invite you to explore a striking quote from a great psychoanalyst to reveal its depth and richness. These lapidary, often provocative formulas open up new perspectives on the intricacies of the human psyche. By deciphering these quotes with rigor and pedagogy, we invite you on a fascinating journey to the heart of psychoanalytic ...

Henri Michaux: The Art of Cultivating Creative Inadaptability

David Sahyoun 24/07 18:13 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Every week, we invite you to explore a striking quote to reveal its depth and richness. These lapidary, often provocative formulas open up new perspectives on the intricacies of the human psyche. By deciphering these quotes with rigor and pedagogy, we invite you on a fascinating journey to the heart of psychoanalytic thought to better understand ...

'Depression Is the Price to Pay for Liberation From Guilt' — Melanie Klein

David Sahyoun 17/07 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

'Hiding Is a Pleasure, but Not Being Found Is a Disaster'

David Sahyoun 10/07 13:36 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Living on the Edge: The Psychological Paradox of The Lebanese Psyche

David Sahyoun 06/07 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Despite a troubled daily life, the Lebanese dance, celebrate, and sunbathe. How can we explain this paradox? What psychological mechanisms are at play behind this apparent carefreeness? Does this dissociation actually mask a very real suffering? Let’s try to dissect this behavior through psychoanalysis. Regularly, national and especially ...

'There Is No Such Thing as a Baby' — Donald W. Winnicott

David Sahyoun 03/07 11:16 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

From the Cogito to the Unconscious: Lacan Revises Descartes

David Sahyoun 26/06 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Jacques Lacan: “There Is No Sexual Relationship”

David Sahyoun 12/06 11:53 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Elisabeth Badinter: 'Maternal Instinct Is a Myth. It Doesn't Exist'

David Sahyoun 05/06 17:55 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Every week, we invite you to explore a striking quote to reveal its depth and richness. These lapidary, often provocative, formulas open up new perspectives on the intricacies of the human psyche. By deciphering these quotes with rigor and pedagogy, we invite you on a fascinating journey to the heart of psychoanalytic thought to better understand ...

Freud: 'Happiness Is a Child’s Dream Realized in Adulthood'

David Sahyoun 29/05 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Every week, we invite you to explore a striking quote from a great psychoanalyst to reveal its depth and richness. These lapidary, often provocative, formulas open up new perspectives on the intricacies of the human psyche. By deciphering these quotes with rigor and pedagogy, we invite you on a fascinating journey to the heart of psychoanalytic ...

Sigmund Freud: ‘The Essence of the Family Is a Murder’

David Sahyoun 22/05 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Incestuous and Pedophilic Mechanisms Between Adults and Children

David Sahyoun 15/05 10:42 - Reading : 5 minute(s)