We See in Hysteria Something which is a Defence against Dissatisfaction

Hysterical discourse is an attempt at creating a rapport with the Real of the body. The body’s expression of symptoms comes from the Real, a body disposed to jouissance. For the hysteric, it is a jouissance deprived of the phallic signifier. The pseudo original signifier replacing S1 is foundational and gives rise to a new moral order. The pseudo signifier and S2 will organise a gap, which will maintain a dissatisfaction.…