Sexaul Abuse

But we must not fail to lay special emphasis on one conclusion to which analytic
work along these chains of memory has unexpectedly led. We have learned that no
hysterical symptom can arise from a real experience alone, but that in every case
the memory of earlier experiences awakened in association to it plays a part in
causing the symptom. lf - as I believe this proposition holds good without
exception, it furthermore shows us the basis on which a psychological theory of
hysteria must be built.