Fibromyalgia: Perspectives on a problem area

Abstract

This paper related to studies on the contemporary processes of subjectivation and becoming ill, through an affirmative and non-reductionist approach towards fibromyalgia. A method named affirmation of the problematic field was formulated. This sought to resist dialectic approaches and denial of signs and symptoms, in order to pick up the procedurality of the set of affections and the production of signs today, using psychoanalytical, philosophical and clinical tools. Indiscernibility of boundaries, multiplication of surfaces and alienation of the participating rhythms of the vital processes of individuation arose as results from the study. An approach taking the body question as a field for political, ethical and clinical incidence was therefore proposed.