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Could affections be a form of psychic energy, a product of the organism, a bodily effect? If that were the case, what would be the point of listening to them? Freudian clinical practice arises precisely from the recognition that listening to affections leads to important processes of transformation, not only in their form of translation into words, but also in the way they are experienced as a body. This meeting aims to provide a quick overview of the problem of the relationship between affection and language and how they are a fundamental part of listening to suffering in contemporary times. Could affections be a form of psychic energy, a product of the organism, a bodily effect? If that were the case, what would be the point of listening to them? Freudian clinical practice arises precisely from the recognition that listening to affections leads to important processes of transformation, not only in their form of translation into words, but also in the way they are experienced as a body. This meeting aims to provide a quick overview of the problem of the relationship between affection and language and how they are a fundamental part of listening to suffering in contemporary times.