Denial as a Central Coping Mechanism in Counterhypochondriasis

Abstract

the symptom as narcissistic injury / perimenopausal symptoms as a harbinger of passivity / illness implies the risk of death / illness is shameful, health is proud / illness as the expression of denied mourning denial in psychic reality complaints associated with the perimenopause the most important determinant of perimenopausal symptomatology is a woman's understanding of her mother's experience of this phase of life (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)