Illustrative material from twenty-three cases of various ages and both sexes is used to support the author's belief that migraine sufferers are orally fixated. They are closely related to depressives and to the impulse-ridden characters, which explains the frequent association of migraine with depression and other oral character manifestations. Very strong dependence on the mother is compensated for by exaggerated independence. Such patients are quite unable to tolerate even slight narcissistic injury.