Three patients are described who had a compulsive need to believe themselves to be and to appear normal. This need became so dominating as to influence every sphere of life. In fact these patients suffered with numerous symptoms which they denied. In each case there was an exaggerated oral drive which spread to all the orifices including the urethra. The oral greed was replaced by a fear of anal and urethral penetration. All the three patients were found to have: (1) orally dependent mothers who had had gastrectomies for peptic ulcers; (2) fathers who were successful business men but castrating parents; (3) parents who insisted that their children deny obvious features in the environment