In analyzing the psychological reactions to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, we have tried to show that the existing societal protective skin that gives unity to people by creating a secure containment was too thin and fragile to cope with an annihilation situation such as the pandemic. This healthy and protective societal skin acts continuously as a maternal environment, providing physical and mental security. As a modest contribution, we provide psychoanalytic, social, cultural, and political analyses of the conspiracy theories and infodemics in the mid-COVID-19 era. We extend Anzieu's theory of skin-ego from a maternal-centered conceptualization to one based on a wider range of caregivers, including politicians, health care professionals, scientists, and researchers—who act as the suppliers of containment. During the pandemic, the common protective skin showed initial flexibility as it tried to regenerate a secure common skin with the help of the health care system and other state organizations responsible for managing the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the common protective skin is under continuous attack by various politicians around the world, like the hyper-masculine figure of Donald Trump who attacked this common skin, increasing the insecurity and helplessness of people. Like hermit crabs, thin-skinned people with insecure skin-egos sought refuge inside the shell of Trump's safer and thicker skin. A shell of conspiracy theories and infodemics provided by crustacean Trump functioned as a thick, protective skin. To illustrate our ideas, we present events and reactions from the pandemic and also cite two illustrative examples—the story of Noah's Ark and the children's classic, The Three Little Pigs.

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不安全的皮肤自我：阴谋论作为大流行遏制的来源

在分析对最近 COVID-19 大流行的心理反应时，我们试图表明，现有的通过建立安全遏制使人们团结一致的社会保护皮太薄和脆弱，无法应对大流行这样的毁灭性情况。这种健康和保护性的社会皮肤作为母性环境不断发挥作用，提供身心安全。作为一项微薄的贡献，我们对 COVID-19 时代中期的阴谋论和信息流行病进行了心理分析、社会、文化和政治分析。我们将 Anzieu 的皮肤自我理论从以母亲为中心的概念化扩展为基于更广泛的照顾者的概念化，包括政治家、医疗保健专业人员、科学家和研究人员——他们充当遏制的提供者。疫情期间，普通保护皮肤在医疗保健系统和负责管理 COVID-19 大流行病的其他国家组织的帮助下试图重新生成安全的普通皮肤时显示出最初的灵活性。然而，普通的保护性皮肤却不断受到世界各国政客的攻击，就像唐纳德·特朗普这个超级男性化的人物攻击了这种普通的皮肤，增加了人们的不安全感和无助感。像寄居蟹一样，脸皮薄、皮肤自我不安全的人在特朗普更安全、更厚的皮肤壳里寻求庇护。甲壳动物特朗普提供的阴谋论和信息流行病的外壳起到了厚厚的保护皮肤的作用。为了说明我们的想法，我们介绍了大流行病的事件和反应，并引用了两个说明性的例子——诺亚的故事三只小猪。