The authors suggest that the notion of abuse be divided into three different modes frequently encountered in treatment: abusing, being abused, and abusing oneself. What makes adolescents abuse? Whom do they inevitably abuse? And when the scenario is turned back against themselves, by what or by whom are they now being abused? This article invites analysts to think about their own potential for abuse, enacted in the violence of interpretation.

Adolescence, 2025, 43, 2, 201-208.