ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author going to answer questions by discussing the notion of emotional restlessness in its negative and positive forms and investigate how the problem can benefit from scientific attention in the bioethical discourse. The author discusses the case of newcomers who literally left their homes and are, accordingly, decentered from their own lives. In the second part of the chapter, the author show how regaining control and responsibility in interplay between singular and plural self-awareness can help the immigrant to assimilate without going through the backlash of Ulysses Syndrome. The author introduces a distinction between collective and shared emotions in order to soothe the negative form of restlessness and to foster the newcomer's ability to transition from pre-reflective to reflective layer in a way that is congruent to their own emotions. The author discusses positive and negative forms of restlessness.
