The blurred depiction of contemporary history in psychoanalysis

In this paper the question is raised how past historical events influence t he analysand in his present life and his being present in analysis. Contrar y to the initial impression that the narration of the analysand is to be un derstood as an expression of the past in a factual and historical sense, th e detailed consideration of the literature about (re)construction and about the functioning of the memory leads to the conclusion that the dialog is m odified by numerous variables: memories are changed by the affective conten ts of later added experiences. Memory does not function in a static way but is to be understood as dynamic and designs every moment a minimally change d memory image. For analytical work that means: by (re)construction only a psychic reality, not a historically factual one, can be discovered. Summari zing the results of literature, one must come to the conclusion that the de piction of contemporary historical aspects of a narration is uncertain. The hypothesis of the paper is: in psychoanalysis past historical aspects are depicted in a blurred fashion. The author chooses the term "die Unscharfe" (the blurred), in order to find a comparison with the subjective associativ e character of the analytical dialogue and with the importance of the analy tical dyad. This term acknowledges the clinical phenomenon that with the le ngth of a treatment, the history of analysis replaces the historicity of me mory. The hypothesis is explained and discussed along with a detailed case report.