title: “War Takes Part in Me”: Reflections of a Ukrainian Psychoanalyst
abstract: The title of the article paraphrases a line from Yuri Levitansky’s poem/song, widely known in the USSR, called “Well, what if I was there…” The line reads as follows: “I am not taking part in the war – it is taking part in me” (Levitansky, 2019, p. 185). These words resonate with the history of my family. I was born to older parents, so I grew up with narratives about war and what it means, but with many omissions. My paternal grandfather served in World War I, and my father in World War II. My 
journal: Clio s Psyche