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The long‐lasting now: Disorganization in subjective time in long‐standing pain
Author(s) -
HELLSTRÖM CHRISTINA,
CARLSSON SVEN G.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00673.x
Subject(s) - temporality , existentialism , phenomenon , lifeworld , psychology , meaning (existential) , cognitive psychology , cognition , lived experience , heuristic , epistemology , psychotherapist , social psychology , psychiatry , philosophy
This paper presents a phenomenological‐hermeneutical case study on long‐standing pain (LP), a public health problem of great importance. Although there has been intensive research interest in this phenomenon, most studies have been based on traditional medical and cognitive‐behavioral approaches. Our thesis is that new frames of reference can provide additional heuristic insights. The phenomenon of LP shows a strong association with existential factors. Our case study focuses on the meaning‐structure of lived temporality , a fundamental existential constituent in the lifeworld of the pain patient. A series of in‐depth interviews with four subjects showed that lived temporality is disrupted in pain experience, causing a disorganization of the patient's being in the world. The results generate several hypotheses about implications for time estimation in pain experience.