Browsing Infinity: Devitalized States and the Use of Digital Technologies.

The advent of the internet and the incorporation of digital devices into our daily lives are extremely relevant phenomena for understanding contemporary forms of subjectivation. Psychoanalysis, by privileging a gaze on unconscious manifestations and on the constitution of the psyche, has much to contribute to this debate. Using André Green's theoretical contributions on the clinic of emptiness as our theoretical basis, we apply the concepts of the negative and double-bind to a clinical vignette, to illustrate the link between devitalized states and digital hyperconnectivity. We highlight the complexity of the issue, acknowledging that we are simultaneously creators and creatures of virtuality.