Rorschach Centenary Congress 2022, Geneve, İsviçre, 12 - 15 Temmuz 2022, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.17
The bromyalgia syndrome, which is generally observed in women andoccurs without any organic disorder, is not yet fully understood. Themost commonly diagnosed symptoms of the bromyalgia syndromeare widely spread pain and exhaustion without the presence of any organic lesions. Thus the aim of this paper is to evaluate the responsesof bromyalgia patients, typical examples of archaic maternal images in the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) with separation dif cultiesand lack of differentiation. The various responses concerning the aim of the research will be discussed with psychoanalytic theory and psychosomatic perspective. In the context of the hypothesis of the study, the archaic maternal images of Fibromyalgia patients arethought to be destructive and persecutive. The bromyalgia syndromewhich may be described as a somatic solution, should be considered in primary relationship with maternal object thus, undifferentiation from this crucial object with the shadow of a archaic maternal image, seems to express itself in fragility of psychic functioning of these patients. Concerning archaic maternal images, identity issues, besides lack of symbolization and depressive affect will be elaborated in the content of TAT responses.