Body Memory and the Unconscious

This chapter is the direct continuation of the previous chapter in which the problem of the affective identity and affective relief was discussed. The current chapter argues that body memory can flesh out and expand the concept of the affective relief structure. According to Fuchs, body memory constitutes the horizontal unconscious of a person in the lifeworld. In line with this thinking, the chapter argues that there is a close connection between the relief structure of the living present and body memory. In this chapter the affective impact of traumatic experiences and the notion of the affective unconscious will resurface again.