The paper is based on the conclusions drawn from the analysis of eight cases of migraine. The migraine expressed unresolved ambivalence—a very deep-seated hostility which could not be expressed against beloved persons. Current neurological theories of migraine are reviewed and the author shows that these point to a spasmodic contraction of smooth muscle not only in the cerebral blood vessels but in other smooth muscle, intestines, bladder, etc. The natural reaction to hostile feelings is muscular contraction expressing the desire to fight. The patients described their feelings after the migraine variously as relaxed, full of goodness and tenderness.

Two questions are raised: what is the reason for this ambivalence and why is the head chosen? To the first she answers that migraine sufferers