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‘Till Human Voices Wake Us and We Drown’: A Study of Autistic and Encapsulated States in Groups

The Maudsley Hospital, London. Flat B, Malpas Cottage, Edison Road, London N8 8AE, UK.

The title for the paper comes from T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ (Eliot, 1948). In the poem, Prufrock, an isolated person, describes the pain of relating, of miscommunication. ‘That is not it at all, that is not what I meant at all.’ The possibility of sharing love is not available. He feels defeated. The closing off of the self, either partially or totally, is diametrically opposed to the challenge of group relationships, which require the interaction and interpenetration of many selves. This paper explores the implications for groups.

Key Words: encapsulation • schizoid personality • autism • autistic functioning • group

Group Analysis, Vol. 37, No. 2, 259-271 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0533316404041004


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