For example, one of Anna O.’s most troublesome symptoms—a pathological aversion to drinking water, even though she was horribly thirsty—was dispelled by her recollection of once seeing a little dog belonging to her English lady companion drink water from a glass. The sight had filled her with disgust and anger, which she had politely suppressed; only now, in Breuer’s trance, could she express these feelings, and after doing so she asked for water, drank a great deal, and was never troubled by her water phobia again.
