Abstract: The paper proposes a psychoanalytical investigation of the Romanian group psyche in Prof. Dr. Vamir Volkan’s terms and conceptual descriptions of the large-group identity, historical trauma, and undigested trauma. The analysis addresses certain phenomena witnessed in the Romanian society during recent decades generated by opening the borders once the country joined European Union, the global lockdown during the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic, and the migrations throughout the European territory following the wars in Syria and Ukraine. The analysis follows the actualization of transgenerational traumas under the influence of geo-political and social events, generating specific group and individual behavior responses. The trauma of communism is addressed, a historical event still unelaborated and unintegrated within the mental of the Romanian population. Group concepts are sustained with inferences from individual analysis cases.
Rom J Psychoanal 2023, 16(1):31-44
DOI: 10.26336/rjp-2023-0004