A la lumière de plusieurs cas cliniques et en se référant au mythe de Narcisse, l’auteur examine les facteurs à l’œuvre dans l’acte de grandir, notamment les mouvements psychiques favorisant la co-existence de son achèvement et son inachèvement.
Growing Up – from a Finished to an Unfinished State. In this article, we shall examine several clinical cases with reference to the Narcissus myth, to see what factors are at play in the growing-up process and more precisely, at the psychic developments that allow for this process to be at once finished and unfinished.