Abstract:
The mirror function of the psychologist in digestive surgery. Working with patients suffering from Crohn's disease and hospitalized for severe symptoms and digestive surgery raises questions about the psychic background which explains failures in their skin-ego functions combined with the exhibition of movements and connivance toward their own "monstrosity". "Showing" and "telling everything" to the other pushes the individual to confront his/her disturbing oddness. A psychanalytical approach allows us to see that this lack of distance belongs to a narcissistic dimension where one undresses to bring oneself together in a restorative view of the other.
Keywords:
Crohn's disease; exhibitionism; monstrosity; body machine; mirror function.