Abstract:
This study investigated the experience of mothering in women whose daughters were diagnosed with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, seeking to identify aspects of the early mother-daughter bond that are related to psychopathological symptoms. We started from the assumption that severe symptoms in the eating sphere express specific elements of the early relational dynamics with the mother figure. Considering the theory of transgenerational psychic transmission, we conjecture that the constitution of the symptom has as an articulating element a fusional bond and involves an unsuccessful attempt to place a trace of separation and protection of the daughter against maternal intrusions and excesses. Relationships with transgenerational contents are established.
Keywords:
eating disorders; mother-child relations; separation individuation; transgenerationality; serviços de saúde mental