Rueff-Escoubès, Claire

The Offended Queen - 2008.


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An incomplete organization of obsessional neurosis produces a composite tableau in this case study. The migraine reflects a permanent reproach against the patient's parents, a self-inflicted punishment following a traumatic oedipal phase, and an anal fixation which could generate repression. Their persistence serves as a fixative bond and as a means of withdrawal from reality.;