ABSTRACT

For some time, Bion’s unique version of a theory of representation appears to have been overlooked. A close reading of his ideas, however, provides crucial insight into the existence of a concomitant relationship between recognition and representation. To elucidate this notion, I explore the problem of representation and recognition in autistic states, with the use of two clinical cases of child psychotherapy. In both examples, the child’s struggle to coordinate sensorial information was hampering their ability to create a sensorial engram, which if successfully formed would enable a matrix bearing the unique shape of the object to remain, in times of its absence. The process of object recognition is possible when the external object reappears before this matrix and there is a good enough resemblance between them. In contrast, if the child has difficulty coordinating perceptual information and the object fails to assist in this task, an amorphous engram is established in the psyche, to which any entity in external reality can fit. In this way, every inanimate object can become a substitute for a memorable alive object. As a result, a child cannot recognise their significant other and may remain in an undifferentiated state of merger and non-existence.

摘要

一段时间以来，比昂独特的表示理论版本似乎被忽视了。然而，仔细阅读他的思想，可以对承认和代表之间存在的伴随关系提供重要的洞察力。为了阐明这个概念，我探讨了自闭症状态下的表征和识别问题，并使用了两个儿童心理治疗的临床案例。在这两个例子中，孩子在协调感官信息方面的努力阻碍了他们创建感官印迹的能力，如果成功形成，则可以在不存在时保留具有物体独特形状的矩阵。当外部对象重新出现在该矩阵之前并且它们之间有足够好的相似性时，对象识别的过程是可能的。相比之下，如果孩子难以协调知觉信息，而对象无法协助完成这项任务，那么在心理中就会建立一个无定形的印迹，外部现实中的任何实体都可以适应它。这样，每一个无生命的物体都可以成为一个令人难忘的有生命的物体的替代品。结果，孩子无法识别他们的重要他人，并且可能保持在合并和不存在的未分化状态。