• T.Christena

Motherhood is the constancy of a pair of eyes that seek, want, and need the child to be taken care of. But, this care sometimes completely changes a child into solitude. Socialization makes a child to be disciplined. This is hidden in the mind of child. Parent’s anxiety and anger form psychic in the mind of child and this childhood trauma extends till they become adult and expose in their family life. Distress, frustration and fear make a psychic conflict in their life. NayomiMunaweera’sWhat Lies Between Us revels the psychological position and explains how the characters live and personalize have been affected by the psychic conflict. A detailed psychoanalytical analysis of the novel provides knowledge about psychological state of the central character. These characters and their actions are intended to analyze in relation to Freudian concept. The psychic conflict is discussed during the analysis of the characters in the novel by making references of the childhood and past memories.

Psychoanalysis, psyche, socialization, desire, personality.

"Childhood Trauma: A Study of Psychological Disintegration in NayomiMunaweera’sWhat Lies Between Us", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.479-484, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903471.pdf

"Childhood Trauma: A Study of Psychological Disintegration in NayomiMunaweera’sWhat Lies Between Us", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp479-484, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903471.pdf