Capitolo Aperto, October 2026: we read “Farsi male. Variazioni sul masochismo” (Hurting Oneself: Variations on Masochism) by Vittorio Lingiardi One question runs through both clinical work and everyday life: why do we stay in a relationship that drains us, in a job that wears us down, in an image of ourselves that hurts us? And why, when things finally go well, do some of us feel the urge to ruin them? For our latest Capitolo Aperto, we read a book that tries to answer withou
Capitolo Aperto is The Developmental Library's book club project: every two months, people who work in, study, or simply live psychology come together to discuss a chosen text — not a textbook, but narrative writing about human development, relationships, and the complexity of being a person. The underlying idea is that psychological knowledge doesn't only live in papers, diagnostic manuals, or classrooms, but also, and perhaps especially, in the stories we tell about how we
