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Our world seems subject to many metamorphoses that even come to question the very foundations of humanity in man. This world is one of hypermodernity and virtuality, producing a new ethos. But if the world is transformed, and if–in undergoing a metamorphosis–it produces new behaviors, what about the repercussions that there may be on the subject? What about the metamorphosis of the subject in the virtual era? This question leads us to analyze, first of all, the very essence of these likely metamorphoses (we present two fundamental paradigm shifts: the relationship with time and space and the transition from a society dominated by reason (logos) to a society governed by the reign of short-lived images (eidolon), as well as the significance of the advent of a society of enjoyment to the detriment of a society of desire); and then to think about the impact of these metaphors on subjectivity. As a result, we have brought to light the importance of this trend, which is specific to the metamorphosis that the subject has undergone: subjectification/desubjectification/resubjectification. And this trend, these metamorphoses–which give rise to hybrid symptoms, between the normal and the pathological, what the author refers to as “uneasiness”–lead to what the author calls an augmented subjectivity.