Rorschach Centenary Congress 2022, Geneve, İsviçre, 12 - 15 Temmuz 2022, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.133
Fibromyalgia symptoms that occur without an organic cause still remain mysterious and incomprehensible. Fibromyalgia Syndrome, which is mostly seen in women, is a chronic, common musculoskeletal pain of unknown origin that occurs without any organic disorder. In this study, it was aimed to investigate pain and fatigue, which are themost common symptoms in bromyalgia, in terms of psychosomaticeconomy and to interpret them within the scope of Rorschach and TAT.
The hypothesis of this research is that negative narcissism will come within the context of sensory to the fore in the projective tests of patients diagnosed with Fibromyalgia Syndrome. In order to examine the effects of sensations on symbolization processes, on TAT cards of 12BG, 13B and card no 19 will be examined respectively. In connection with this fact, answers are expected regarding the body forms in type of negative narcissism on 3BM. In addition, examples of sensory responses will beexamined on Rorschach. As a result, according to the ndings in theprojective tests, it is observed that the negative narcissism within the context of sensory responses emerges in the struggle between affect and representation. Besides, the use of sensation emerges as an intervention to avoid the depressive affect. Fibromyalgia patients’ overinvestment in sensory elements lead them to transform their body image in a painful way, projecting it in the form of negative narcissism. It is concluded that these patients are based on sensory elements in the form of negative narcissism.