ABSTRACT
The psychodynamics of instantaneous, connected-up culture has its consequences, and one of the consequences of hyper-connectivity may be a kind of relational fatigue, a fatigue that is further exacerbated by the lack of boundaries present in the online world. The bounded psychoanalytic session offers an individual a chance to slow down, reconnect, come out of being “plugged in”, and be with another individual in a profoundly grounded and intimate way. The boundary-less nature of the Internet offers as much as it takes away. Most importantly, it changes the domain of selfhood because it expands the overall space into which selfhood can extend and the speed and replicability with which it can meet that expansion. The cybersituation is one that psychodynamic theoreticians and clinicians can no longer turn their heads from in fear or incomprehension, simply hoping that it will go away.
