need for illness, n.All

The Need for illness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the hidden resistance of the patient who must stay sick, driven by a guilt he does not feel and a destructiveness turned inward.