Hypochondriacal Symptoms as Derivatives of Unconscious Fantasies of Being Beaten or Tortured
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
- Vol. 29 (3) , 535-557
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000306518102900303
Abstract
Clinical material is presented from two patients where hypochondriacal symptoms were seen to be derivatives of unconscious fantasies of being beaten or tortured. The shift along the masochistic axis from these underlying fantasies to the conscious hypochondriacal symptoms is seen as subserving the important defensive purpose of reducing the patients' perception of their conscious guilt feelings.Keywords
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