Sagbey
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Psychoanalysis doesn’t give you your desire; it teaches you to take responsibility for it
August 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Psychoanalysis doesn’t give you your desire; it teaches you to take responsibility for it
Every mother knows: letting go of the child destroys me, yet staying bound to them also destroys me.
To be a mother is to risk losing yourself while giving life to another.
To be a mother is to risk losing yourself while giving life to another.
August 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Every mother knows: letting go of the child destroys me, yet staying bound to them also destroys me.
To be a mother is to risk losing yourself while giving life to another.
To be a mother is to risk losing yourself while giving life to another.
Desire doesn’t end with satisfaction; every satisfaction gives birth to a new desire.
August 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Desire doesn’t end with satisfaction; every satisfaction gives birth to a new desire.
Jouissance is never the first bite — it’s always the extra one that throws you off balance.
August 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Jouissance is never the first bite — it’s always the extra one that throws you off balance.
Capitalism drowns us in jouissance. Everything is offered as pleasure. But the more we consume, the more the emptiness expands.
August 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Capitalism drowns us in jouissance. Everything is offered as pleasure. But the more we consume, the more the emptiness expands.
Some people drown in activity because silence would expose their lack. Others walk straight into that silence. That’s where analysis begins.
August 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Some people drown in activity because silence would expose their lack. Others walk straight into that silence. That’s where analysis begins.
Belonging to the word → Belonging to the fantasy
Owning the word → Belonging to the ego
Carrying the word → Becoming a subject
Owning the word → Belonging to the ego
Carrying the word → Becoming a subject
August 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Belonging to the word → Belonging to the fantasy
Owning the word → Belonging to the ego
Carrying the word → Becoming a subject
Owning the word → Belonging to the ego
Carrying the word → Becoming a subject
The subject did not renounce jouissance,
but learned to hold it in the air —
not as a rock to fall,
but as a symbol to circle.
but learned to hold it in the air —
not as a rock to fall,
but as a symbol to circle.
July 31, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The subject did not renounce jouissance,
but learned to hold it in the air —
not as a rock to fall,
but as a symbol to circle.
but learned to hold it in the air —
not as a rock to fall,
but as a symbol to circle.
Shame, in Freud, is social judgment; in Sartre, an existential rupture; in Lacan, the eruption of desire.
And when these three converge, we see this:
Shame is the moment of paralysis where the subject is exposed—both to the Other and to themselves.
And when these three converge, we see this:
Shame is the moment of paralysis where the subject is exposed—both to the Other and to themselves.
July 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Shame, in Freud, is social judgment; in Sartre, an existential rupture; in Lacan, the eruption of desire.
And when these three converge, we see this:
Shame is the moment of paralysis where the subject is exposed—both to the Other and to themselves.
And when these three converge, we see this:
Shame is the moment of paralysis where the subject is exposed—both to the Other and to themselves.
❝ The superego is the imperative to enjoy. — Le Surmoi est l'impératif de jouir. ❞
(Seminar VII, Lacan)
(Seminar VII, Lacan)
July 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
❝ The superego is the imperative to enjoy. — Le Surmoi est l'impératif de jouir. ❞
(Seminar VII, Lacan)
(Seminar VII, Lacan)
Shame is not about an action—it’s the exposure of desire.
And in that moment, the subject realizes:
I am not who I thought I was
For Lacan, shame reveals the subject’s fundamental split at the very point where desire becomes visible
That’s why shame is not just emotional—its an ontological rupture
And in that moment, the subject realizes:
I am not who I thought I was
For Lacan, shame reveals the subject’s fundamental split at the very point where desire becomes visible
That’s why shame is not just emotional—its an ontological rupture
July 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Shame is not about an action—it’s the exposure of desire.
And in that moment, the subject realizes:
I am not who I thought I was
For Lacan, shame reveals the subject’s fundamental split at the very point where desire becomes visible
That’s why shame is not just emotional—its an ontological rupture
And in that moment, the subject realizes:
I am not who I thought I was
For Lacan, shame reveals the subject’s fundamental split at the very point where desire becomes visible
That’s why shame is not just emotional—its an ontological rupture
Desire is but a shield from death—
until truth silences even the echo it leaves behind.
until truth silences even the echo it leaves behind.
July 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Desire is but a shield from death—
until truth silences even the echo it leaves behind.
until truth silences even the echo it leaves behind.
Vignette; Amaryllis (1908)
Edvard Munch — Public Domain
Edvard Munch — Public Domain
July 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Vignette; Amaryllis (1908)
Edvard Munch — Public Domain
Edvard Munch — Public Domain
(art: Odilon Redon, “Orpheus”, c. 1903–10)
July 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
(art: Odilon Redon, “Orpheus”, c. 1903–10)
"To flee is also a form of desire. But whom are you showing it to?"
(Lacan – Seminar VIII: Transference)
If you're making your escape visible, you're not fleeing —
you're being desired.
(Lacan – Seminar VIII: Transference)
If you're making your escape visible, you're not fleeing —
you're being desired.
July 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"To flee is also a form of desire. But whom are you showing it to?"
(Lacan – Seminar VIII: Transference)
If you're making your escape visible, you're not fleeing —
you're being desired.
(Lacan – Seminar VIII: Transference)
If you're making your escape visible, you're not fleeing —
you're being desired.
“Venez, je ne vous attends pas.”
— Lacan
(Come, I’m not expecting you.)
— Lacan
(Come, I’m not expecting you.)
July 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
“Venez, je ne vous attends pas.”
— Lacan
(Come, I’m not expecting you.)
— Lacan
(Come, I’m not expecting you.)