The French psychiatrist Perrier has stated flatly that the schizophrenic does not recognize himself in the mirror; he considers that this symptom shows that the patient has neglected adn lost his ego. Schulz has described a 25-year-old female patien whose depersonalization--- she felt her right arm was not connected to her body--- ceased when she was reassured about her body integrity by looking in the mirror. The experience of a probably paranoid schizophrenic observinghimself in mirros is also exsellently described in a novel by Simenon.
Schulz also reported a neurotic patient who would examine himself in the mirror while shaving and experience the recurring inner questions, ''Is that me?'' and ''Who am I ?''
シュルツはまた、ひげそりの際に鏡の中の自分自身を観察し、心の中で「あれは私なのか？」「私は誰だ？」という彼の主体性への不安を表わしていると思われる質問を繰り返してしまう神経症患者を報告している。
また、シュルツ（Schulz）氏は、神経症患者で、髭を剃りながら鏡の中の自分を観察し、繰り返し「これは私？」「私は誰？」と自問を繰り返すという症例も報告している。
probablyillustrating his concern about his identity. In this connection, one observes that adolescents frequently spend time examining themselves in mirrors; and analysands, especially female, often report mirror-gazing intheir childhood, especially during pubescence. Persons of certain narcissistic charactertypes describe disrobing before a mirror and deriving great pleasure in self-observation; occasionally there are reports of actual or wished-for orgastic experiences. The theme of the mirror as revealing character is ancient, ranging from the stories of Narcissus and Snow White to the use of the mirror as a chastity test in the Arabian Nights tales
