![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We have ascertained that these obsessive reproaches are in a certain sense justified and therefore are immune to refutation or objections. Psychoanalytic investigation of such cases has made us acquainted with the secret mainsprings of this affliction. No recalling of the care with which she nursed the invalid, or direct refutation of the asserted guilt can put an end to the torture, which is the pathological expression of mourning and which in time slowly subsides. When a wife loses her husband, or a daughter her mother, it not infrequently happens that the survivor is afflicted with tormenting scruples, called ‘obsessive reproaches’ which raises the question whether she herself has not been guilty through carelessness or neglect, of the death of the beloved person. “fear of death.” Our study of psychoneurotic disturbances points to a more comprehensive explanation, which includes that of Westermarck. ![]()
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