O ser-coronariopata : entre o viver autêntico e as amarras ao cotidiano

Abstract

Phenomenological study which purpose is the meaning that the persons suffering from coronary diseases ascribe to the experiences undergone. From the statements obtained through a semi-structure interview the following significances, with were understood right away, were obtained: fear of death, the separation from beloved persons and the return of the acute symptoms; perceiving coronary illness as transformer of social, professional and sexual life; feeling watched by family; resigning oneself to the new life conditions; and have feelings of sadness and no resignation. These significances were the starting point for understanding the existence of people suffering from coronary diseases. The understanding was supported by existential analysis expressed by Martin Heidegger in his renowned work Being and time, making it possible to grasp the ontological aspects, that is, what is hidden the significances. Thus, the coronary disease relates pre-sence showed itself as inauthentic existence when fearing “something”, by becoming tied to talkativeness and to the satisfaction once had, getting rid of the present time and the time to come. Moreover, it transcends to the authentic living when gets anguished, assuming coronary illness as a possibility of existing in the world, although it fails before the task of existing authentically and again becomes tied to daily life traps. The study brings reflections about the need to privilege the existential dimension in health assistance and in the training of professionals and about the understanding of the other as basic guidance for the assistance to the persons having problems in their coronaries.