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This video explores why the film Aftersun affects people so deeply by examining memory, grief, attachment, and the unconscious emotional world between a father and daughter. In this reflective analysis, psychiatrist Dr Sanil Rege explores Aftersun, the debut film by Charlotte Wells, and why it resonates so powerfully with audiences long after the credits roll. Rather than offering a traditional film review, this video unpacks Aftersun as a psychological and emotional experience — one rooted in fragmented memory, unspoken loss, and the quiet devastation of trying to understand someone only after they’re gone. Drawing on psychodynamic concepts such as retrospective mentalization, unformulated experience, and attachment rupture, Dr Rege explores how the film mirrors the way real memory works — not as a clear narrative, but as emotionally weighted fragments that return later in life. The analysis also examines the iconic use of Under Pressure as a moment of emotional rupture, where what was once unprocessed finally floods into awareness. This video is for: Clinicians interested in memory, attachment, and emotional development Viewers who felt deeply affected by Aftersun but couldn’t explain why Anyone reflecting on childhood, loss, or emotionally unavailable parents ⏱️ Chapter Breakdown 00:00 – Why Aftersun Hurts So Much Why this film stays with you long after it ends 02:10 – This Is Not a Review Aftersun as reflection, memory, and emotional reconstruction 03:50 – Memory Is Fragmented Why there are no neat story arcs — and why that matters 04:08 – Retrospective Mentalization Trying to understand someone only after they’re gone 06:22 – The Rave & “Under Pressure” The return of the repressed 07:49 – Attachment Rupture Presence mixed with absence 08:28 – Emotional Imprints What children carry into adulthood 9:02 – A Personal Reflection Fatherhood, meaning, and what we leave behind Dr Sanil Rege is a Consultant Psychiatrist (MBBS, MRCPsych, FRANZCP) and medical educator. He is the founder of Psych Scene and The Academy by Psych Scene, where he teaches clinicians how to integrate neuroscience, psychodynamics, and lived experience into real-world practice. 🔗 Explore professional education: https://www.academy.psychscene.com 📈 Hashtags #Aftersun #FilmAnalysis #Psychiatry #Grief #Memory #MentalHealth #Psychodynamic #Attachment #FatherDaughter #CinemaTherapy #DrSanilRege #PsychScene #TheAcademyByPsychScene ©️Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use. 🎓RESOURCES BY PSYCH SCENE: 🌐The Academy by Psych Scene: PSYCHIATRY EDUCATION REDEFINED https://academy.psychscene.com/ Revolutionary psychiatry learning. 🌐Psych Scene Hub: PSYCHIATRY TEXTBOOK OF THE FUTURE https://psychscenehub.com/ The Hub is devoted to making you a better mental health professional. Our team of academic and clinical experts bring you powerful summaries, videos and interviews in psychiatry and neurosciences. 🌐Psych Interview Online: REAL WORLD SKILLS FOR REAL WORLD SUCCESS https://www.psychinterview.com/ The Psych Interview online courses offer high-quality training to help you improve your psychiatric interview skills through self-study. 🌐Psych Scene Online: THE ONLINE COURSES TO HELP YOU SUCCEED https://ranzcpexams.psychscene.com/ Learn at your own pace with the RANZCP Written Exam prep online courses. 🌐Psych Scene: THE PSYCHIATRY TRAINING EXPERTS https://psychscene.com/ Psych Scene offers specialised training and professional development for Psychiatry Trainees, Psychiatrists, General Practitioners and Mental Health Practitioners. -- 📱SOCIALS Subscribe for weekly videos on Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/PsychSceneHub Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychiatry.excellence/ – 👋 LET’S CONNECT! Follow Sanil Rege on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanilrege

This video explores why the film Aftersun affects people so deeply by examining memory, grief, attachment, and the unconscious emotional world between a father and daughter. In this reflective analysis, psychiatrist Dr Sanil Rege explores Aftersun, the debut film by Charlotte Wells, and why it resonates so powerfully with audiences long after the credits roll. Rather than offering a traditional film review, this video unpacks Aftersun as a psychological and emotional experience — one rooted in fragmented memory, unspoken loss, and the quiet devastation of trying to understand someone only after they’re gone. Drawing on psychodynamic concepts such as retrospective mentalization, unformulated experience, and attachment rupture, Dr Rege explores how the film mirrors the way real memory works — not as a clear narrative, but as emotionally weighted fragments that return later in life. The analysis also examines the iconic use of Under Pressure as a moment of emotional rupture, where what was once unprocessed finally floods into awareness. This video is for: Clinicians interested in memory, attachment, and emotional development Viewers who felt deeply affected by Aftersun but couldn’t explain why Anyone reflecting on childhood, loss, or emotionally unavailable parents ⏱️ Chapter Breakdown 00:00 – Why Aftersun Hurts So Much Why this film stays with you long after it ends 02:10 – This Is Not a Review Aftersun as reflection, memory, and emotional reconstruction 03:50 – Memory Is Fragmented Why there are no neat story arcs — and why that matters 04:08 – Retrospective Mentalization Trying to understand someone only after they’re gone 06:22 – The Rave & “Under Pressure” The return of the repressed 07:49 – Attachment Rupture Presence mixed with absence 08:28 – Emotional Imprints What children carry into adulthood 9:02 – A Personal Reflection Fatherhood, meaning, and what we leave behind Dr Sanil Rege is a Consultant Psychiatrist (MBBS, MRCPsych, FRANZCP) and medical educator. He is the founder of Psych Scene and The Academy by Psych Scene, where he teaches clinicians how to integrate neuroscience, psychodynamics, and lived experience into real-world practice. 🔗 Explore professional education: https://www.academy.psychscene.com 📈 Hashtags #Aftersun #FilmAnalysis #Psychiatry #Grief #Memory #MentalHealth #Psychodynamic #Attachment #FatherDaughter #CinemaTherapy #DrSanilRege #PsychScene #TheAcademyByPsychScene ©️Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use. 🎓RESOURCES BY PSYCH SCENE: 🌐The Academy by Psych Scene: PSYCHIATRY EDUCATION REDEFINED https://academy.psychscene.com/ Revolutionary psychiatry learning. 🌐Psych Scene Hub: PSYCHIATRY TEXTBOOK OF THE FUTURE https://psychscenehub.com/ The Hub is devoted to making you a better mental health professional. Our team of academic and clinical experts bring you powerful summaries, videos and interviews in psychiatry and neurosciences. 🌐Psych Interview Online: REAL WORLD SKILLS FOR REAL WORLD SUCCESS https://www.psychinterview.com/ The Psych Interview online courses offer high-quality training to help you improve your psychiatric interview skills through self-study. 🌐Psych Scene Online: THE ONLINE COURSES TO HELP YOU SUCCEED https://ranzcpexams.psychscene.com/ Learn at your own pace with the RANZCP Written Exam prep online courses. 🌐Psych Scene: THE PSYCHIATRY TRAINING EXPERTS https://psychscene.com/ Psych Scene offers specialised training and professional development for Psychiatry Trainees, Psychiatrists, General Practitioners and Mental Health Practitioners. -- 📱SOCIALS Subscribe for weekly videos on Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/PsychSceneHub Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychiatry.excellence/ – 👋 LET’S CONNECT! Follow Sanil Rege on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanilrege

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