A PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE EXPERIENCE OF CAREGIVING IN A HUMANITARIAN SETTING
Humanitarian caregivers experience symptoms similar to those experienced by trauma victims, without necessarily experiencing traumatic events directly. To date, little reflexive space has been given to describe the subjective experience of these caregivers. This article is a reflection on the experience of caregiving in a humanitarian setting, derived from the analysis of data collected through interviews with three caregivers. We describe in a psychoanalytic perspective the context in which they intervene and we draw the portrait of their subjective psychic experience, mirroring that of their patients.