Enforced disappearance represents the quintessence of human rights violations with a strong psychological component. Bodies vanishing have a deterrent effect by terrorizing and paralyzing the entire society. However, the absence of those bodies is overly present in the inner experience of the families of the disappeared, who are victims in their turn. A state of severe psychological deterioration affects the relatives of the disappeared: depression, anxiety, powerlessness, guilt, post-traumatic stress disorder, inability to mourn, even suicide are the consequences of the unbearable uncertainty about the fate of the loved one. But the disappeared persons, notwithstanding the absence of their bodies, continue to be more present than ever in the inner experience of those who have loved them. For the families of the disappeared, to regain psychological equilibrium is a fine balance between the need to remember and the necessity to forget. The author affirms that, at a social and political level, to cultivate a collective memory of enforced disappearance is an ethical duty which validates the actual occurrence of the atrocities, helps prevent repetition and alleviates the transgenerational transmission of trauma.

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今天的强迫失踪和酷刑：分析心理学的观点

强迫失踪代表了具有强烈心理成分的侵犯人权行为的精髓。尸体消失通过恐吓和瘫痪整个社会而具有威慑作用。然而，这些尸体的缺席在失踪者家属的内心体验中过度存在，而他们又是受害者。一种严重的心理恶化状态影响着失踪者的亲属：抑郁、焦虑、无力、内疚、创伤后应激障碍、无法哀悼，甚至自杀，这些都是无法忍受的亲人命运不确定性的后果。但是失踪者，尽管他们的身体不在了，但仍然比以往任何时候都更多地出现在那些爱他们的人的内心体验中。对于失踪者家属，重新获得心理平衡是在需要记住和需要忘记之间取得微妙的平衡。作者申明，在社会和政治层面，培养对强迫失踪的集体记忆是一种道德责任，它证实了暴行的实际发生，有助于防止重演并减轻创伤的代际传递。