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This note is based on René Roussillon's work on the theme of primary symbolisation. The author investigates the ways in which the object can assume a symbolizing function and focuses on a specific situation: the one in which the analyst-object is emotionally absent from the patient, realizes it and begins to represent within himself his own absence on behalf of the other. From this perspective, the development of symbolic activity would be fostered by the introjection of this representative function of the object.
KEY WORDS: Fear of breakdown, primitive symbolization, representation, symbolization.