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How does the psychological develop from the physical? And how does it structure itself? In Volume 19 of the International Psychoanalysis, the authors focus on being and the conditions of becoming alive, bringing together a variety of topics that can be rethought from an ontological perspective. Works on Winnicott's concept of the body-mind connection and the significance of "unintegratedness," as well as reports from clinical work with autistic patients and a psychotic adolescent during the Covid-19 pandemic, highlight this earliest bodily-mental level of going on being. Other contributions address the emergence of a core self from primary masochism, psychoanalytic concepts of female subjectivity, and the theme of the "lost" self based on clinical experiences with trans patients. Even when examining societal issues such as racism, trauma from an authoritarian regime, or psychoanalytic identity across cultures, the focus is less on recognition and interpretation and more on expanding perceptual abilities for the dimensions of being and becoming through precise descriptions. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis is considered the most important professional journal of psychoanalysis worldwide. From this rich repository, International Psychoanalysis annually gathers selected contributions in German translation. With contributions from Lisa Baraitser, Dominique Bourdin, Eugênio Canesin Dal Molin, Nelson Ernesto Coelho Junior, Louise Gyler, Alessandra Lemma, Anat Tzur Mahalel, Sharon Numa, Thomas H. Ogden, Michael Parsons, Tami Pollak, Luca Quagelli, Joona Taipale, and Renata Udler Cromberg.