AUTHOR=Sánchez Camilo Sánchez 

TITLE=The temporal and embodied structure of the mineness sphere: some phenomenological ideas to frame mental health

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 15 - 2024

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1376665

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1376665

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The article highlights the import of two phenomenological variables: the implicit temporal and bodily movement experience. Then, I proposed some ideas to build a frame for mental health. The proposal begins by critically considering Stanghellini's (2017) conception of alterity, as he defines its relation through two conditions: reflexive self-awareness and 'spoken word' dialogue. This conception prioritizes mental health work in the reflexive realm.In contrast, my conception prioritizes the pre-reflective realm of experience in general, and focuses on the mineness sphere in particular. This conception leads to consider two of Husserl's phenomenological findings: First, awareness has a temporal structure, and second, temporal experience is constituted from the flow of consciousness. These findings are considered in terms of their constitutive import to subjectivity through the two variables.Next, I propose a general idea for a phenomenological frame of mental health work, integrating the two phenomenological variables with the concepts of alterity and ipseity. The psychotherapeutic approach known as 'Rhythmic relating' is considered to illustrate the key clinical role these two variables play, supporting the general aim. The conclusion presents the consequences of the proposal.1 This conception of a Heraclitean ever-changing human nature is enlightening and accurate. Classically understood a paradigmatic example of this definition is movement and time, unsurprising as they are necessary assumptions (along with space) of the concept of change and transformation.