CHAPTER 27

Eighth session, eighth week....

Very close to “birth”

As she takes a deep breath, Rúbia relaxes and decides to narrate, in a more succinct way, the second nightmare that constantly torments her.

“In this..., the scenario is different...” she says, in a technical way. “I'm very young, like 15 years old and... I can even see my parents alive and happy... I'm mentioning this because they were very in love when I was very young. For the record, when I was a teenager, my father kind of avoided her. I even witnessed him say that it was her fault for her behavior... When he said that, what I found most strange was that she simply lowered her head, as if she really were to blame..." reveals Rúbia, somewhat confused...

The doctor seems to find this information relevant, so he takes note of how the patient behaved when faced with this detail.

After a pause, as if they were reflecting, she continues saying:

“Going back to the dream..., I'm very young, about 15 years old and... I can even see my