Por que amamos quem nos destrói? | A psicologia de 'Pela Metade' (Half Man)

📧 To request information about availability and schedule a psychotherapy session, please contact us at the following email address: [email protected] — In this video, psychologist Ricardo Chagas Nascimento analyzes Half Man, Richard Gadd's new miniseries, from a Jungian psychology perspective. Using the concepts of Shadow, projection, persona, and individuation, the analysis investigates how stepbrothers Niall and Ruben project onto each other precisely what they have repressed in themselves—courage, stability, virility, and affection that they do not recognize as their own—and how this dynamic of mutual mirroring imprisons them in an inauthentic life, sustained by social masks and a dependence that culminates in the tragic ending of the work. More than a story about masculinity or trauma, Half Man reveals itself as a study of what happens when we spend our entire lives trying to complete ourselves through others, instead of turning inward.