A typical example is Nadia, the patient from Les obsessions et la psychasth nie (Obsessions and Psychasthenia), described by Janet: Nadia, a young girl from a wealthy and remarkably intelligent family, was stylish, artistic, and above all an excellent musician; but from infancy she was obstinate and irritable …: 'She demanded excessive affection from everyone, her parents, sisters, and servants, but she was so demanding anddominating that she soon alienated people; horribly susceptible,