Abstract: Maturescence is not a synonym of midlife, but a really special period during midlife. In this paper the author deeps into his previous ideas about the metapsychology of maturescence bringing about a new set of «opening doorways» in order to open the discussion to new horizons —not blurred by chronic repetitions—, as if he challenged himself and the reader to think of aging again from the very beginning. His idea is to show the importance of aphanisis —the fear of the dissappearance of sexual desire, a psychoanalytic concept relatively forgotten— to understand the emotional and psychical most common true «latent content» related to maturescent processing. To get to the point, he fights with several indirect ways of understanding —something he calls «intruders of thought» and «deviants of thought», among others items— to focus on the topic of the painful riddle of death (Freud dixit). Finally, he also poses what he names «the natural position»: the acknowledgement of paradox and uncertainty as the true driving force towards wisdom and creativity not only in artists but also in «simple mortals».
Rom J Psychoanal 2018, 11 (1):65-92
doi:10.26336/rjp.2018-1101-6
