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Natalie Bourgeois, psychoanalyst: “We are not made to be with just one person”

2024-02-29T05:25:42.310Z

Highlights: Natalie Bourgeois is a philosopher, psychoanalyst and director of the Institute of Psychoanalysis of Lyon Grenoble Annecy. “We are not made to be with just one person”, says Bourgeois. She has also finished writing an essay “in praise of the breakup” According to her, too many people today forget themselves, prohibit themselves from exploring certain of their desires, erase part of their personality. It thus underlines the bravery that separation requires, but also the field of possibilities.


INTERVIEW - What if ultimately in love, the notion of a couple was outdated? This is the idea defended by Natalie Bourgeois, philosopher, psychoanalyst and director of the Institute of Psychoanalysis of Lyon Grenoble Annecy.


Marriage, polyamory, libertinism, free, close or passionate relationships: the couple has never defined itself so much in a plural way.

To the point of wondering: is monogamy an outdated concept, a legacy of an age where life expectancy did not transcend fifty?

“Without a doubt,” according to Natalie Bourgeois, psychoanalyst, professor of philosophy and founder of two schools under the aegis of the contemporary psychoanalysis federation.

This fan of side steps defends an atypical point of view on the subject: separation is necessary for happiness.

She has also finished writing an essay “in praise of the breakup”.

According to her, in wanting to “be a couple” at all costs, too many people today forget themselves, prohibit themselves from exploring certain of their desires, erase part of their personality, sometimes even prevent themselves from living.

It thus underlines the bravery that separation requires, but also the field of possibilities...

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Source: lefigaro

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