She suddenly developed the belief that a physician who dropped in regularly was intensely in love with her.
She fell passionately in love with him but said nothing to him and became increasingly distressed each time she saw him.
Casual remarks that he made were interpreted as cues to his feelings and she believed he gave her significant glances and made suggestive movements, though he never declared his feelings openly. She was sure this was because he was married
She remained at home thinking about the physician incessantly. She had frequent abdominal sensations,which frightened her.
This sensation turned out to be sexual, feelings which she did not recognize. Eventually she went to the family doctor, who found her so upset and he referred her to a male psychiatrist. She was too embarrassed to confide in him, and it was only when she was transferred to a female counselor that she poured out her story