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The author refers to a particular fate of affect, namely pain, and asks herself, on the basis of the clinic in Marina Papageorgiou's report, whether the «noyau mélancolique féminin» described by Monique Cournut might not be hidden behind it. If it is possible to get to this core, a deep psychic reorganization can occur. In this respect, pain holds a potential for transformation.