Understanding continuity to recognize discontinuity

In this paper the a uthor comments on the contr ibution by Ant ónio P. Ribeir o and Migu el M. Gonça lves (in this journ al) that offer a creat ive and unique perspe ctive on maintenan ce and trans formatio n of problemat ic self-narr ative. From here the author contribut es to the topic throu gh the explor ation of some issu es: a) the relation, in the dialogical process of self -narrativ e constructi on, between semi otic proces ses that give voice to the semantic opposi tion and semiotic proces ses that give voice to the contr adictory; b) the relation between sam eness and ipseity in the self-narrative proces s; c) the role of a pathemi c axis of meaning in the gene ration proces s of self -narrativ es. A final refl ection is done on narrative as a device of clin ical intervent ion in which the author makes a distinction between methods based on the recogni tion and extens ion of variabili ty and met hods based on the recogni tion of perm anency so to get to varia bility.