The author examines Fotis Bobos' report from a psychosomatic perspective, focusing on the axis of disorganization/reorganization. She examines what may have governed the psychosomatic disorganization in Marie's case, as well as the evidence for reorganization in both patients. In particular, she examines the status of memory, which she sees as the construction of a ‘screen trauma’ in Marie, as well as the hallucinatory episode in Homer. She stresses the importance of countertransference, which can facilitate the process of elaboration and reorganization. She highlights the questions raised by the illness and death of a patient during analysis, emphasizing the fact even if psychic reorganization occurs during treatment, serious illness beyond a certain threshold will continue to progress.