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Shengold, L. (1988). Quasi-Delusions: A Brief Communication. Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 69:471-473. Welcome to PEP Web! Viewing the full text of this document requires a subscription to PEP Web. If you are coming in from a university from a registered IP address or secure referral page you should not need to log in. Contact your university librarian in the event of problems. If you have a personal subscription on your own account or through a Society or Institute please put your username and password in the box below. Any difficulties should be reported to your group administrator. Username: Password: Can't remember your username and/or password? If you have forgotten your username and/or password please click here. Once there, click the 'Forgotten Username/Password' button, fill in your email address (this must be the email address that PEP has on record for you) and click "Send." If this does not work for you please click here for customer support information. OpenAthens or federation user? Login here. Not already a subscriber? Order a subscription today. ( 1988 ). International Journal of Psycho-Analysis , 69 : 471-473 Quasi-Delusions: A Brief Communication Leonard Shengold Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the

average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or

lesser extent … p. 235). Quasi-delusions are one instance of psychotic-like manifestations in the 'normal'. This brief illustrates one instance of this one instance. PATIENT M This rather masochistic young woman, in analysis for several years, was in mid-pregnancy. On this day she had arrived in the waiting room just as I opened the door to my office. She strode in past me with an unusual air of determination and proceeded to the couch: I am really pissed. (silence) I have to go to the obstetrician after this session. Again I've forgotten to bring a fasting urine. I've forgotten it the past three times. I knew I would forget it. I don't want to talk about this. I'm going to change the . I was angry because I wanted to go to the bathroom before the session. But your door was open, there you were, and I was embarrassed. It doesn't really matter though—unless someone steps on my bladder. (Analyst: the 'change of ' sounds more like a continuation.) I want to keep away from why I keep the urine sample. I am furious at his nurse. I know that test itself isn't important—I had a blood sugar done recently. She keeps talking about albumen. I always will forget. I guess I'm so angry because she gave me this short narrow medical bottle to bring a sample in. [This is a summary or excerpt from the full text of the book or article. The full text of the document is available to subscribers.]