r/lacan is a subreddit with 19k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses lacan, psychoanalysis, desire, subject, and subjectivity.
For the discussion of Lacanian psychoanalysis.
Popular Themes in r/lacan
#1
Advice Requests
: "If the psychotic forecloses, the neurotic represses, and the pervert disavows, what type of negation of the symbolic order does the autist do acc to Leon Brenner's extension of the ternary clinic to autism?"
9 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Please sign this petition against the gov closure of the Quebec 388 treatment center for psychosis. "
1 post
Popular Topics in r/lacan
#1
Lacan
: "The basic thing about analysis is that people finally realise that they have been talking nonsense at full volume for years. - Jacques Lacan, 1967"
168 posts
#2
Psychoanalysis
: "How’s the lacanian Psychoanalysis scenario around the world?"
67 posts
#3
Desire
: "The Desire of Psychoanalysis: Exercises in Lacanian Thinking"
34 posts
#4
Subject
: "The new alarming trend of turning to AI and chat bots instead of a psychotherapist (or psychoanalyst). What do you think about it? An IA at the place of the Subject suppost to know"
12 posts
#5
Subjectivity
: "Is a Lacanian resurgence possible in psychotherapy the same way Jung is gaining currency again in therapeutic circles."
9 posts
#6
Sexuality
8 posts
#7
Psychosis
: "What is OCD from a Lacanian point of view?"
7 posts
#8
Jouissance
: "When Zizek says, “You are just perverts who are secretly horny for the apocalypse,” does he refer to Lacanian Jouissance? "
6 posts
#9
Symbolic
6 posts
#10
Fantasy
6 posts
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Last updated: June 12, 2026