Even today, Brazil’s indigenous peoples are suffering from historical, social and territorial erasure. Traditional pre-Columbian culture is losing its contours. Western society and its cultural references are taking over, neglecting indigenous subjects and cultures. Habits are changing. Freedoms are encroaching on traditions. Traditional culture no longer seems to provide the narcissistic assurance of the work of culture. The struggle for territory can also become an internal struggle. A struggle takes place between the internal boundaries of the ego, which becomes confused in the face of culture shock and constantly renewed colonization. Faced with the collapse of culture, the ego also seems to collapse. The original peoples have been in distress as a community for over 500 years. This article analyses some of the psychic movements of the Karajá people, a community that has been hard hit by addiction and suicide.