Anorexia is a pathology of the emptiness of meaning, which presents a failure at the level of thought processes, with direct implications in self-identity. Rorschach test was used as an instrument to assess mental functioning and as a method to analyze the psychic transformations. Martha is a 17-year-old adolescent, with two previous hospitalizations, diagnosed with anorexia. Through Rorschach test, it was possible to highlight two movements: the presence of a strong instinctual drive, mobilized in the face of the perceived attack in the Self-Other relationship; the devitalization of the Self, through a strong annulment of the self. The understanding of such movements enabled a therapeutic intervention aimed at restoring her Being, consolidating her identity and enabling a set of psychic transformations that allow for subjectivation and mental growth.
Keywords:
Anorexia; Rorschach; identity; restoration