and her father, o was seen as a very perful figure in the family-- the mother was seen as very passivand ry weak. was someone who pampered her as an exemand catered her.ure, this all changed at adolescence, when the father became very withdrawn and very critical of his daughter, particularly of her developing sexuality, and what maria did was a massive rebellion. she became very sexlly active. she became involved as a rock groupie during the late sixties, doing very--extremely frightening activities, sneaking out of the house constantly, really opposing the father's iron hand. when mia decided to get married, her rebellion turn inward. she became hypochondriachal, prccupied with her health and fears ofying. dr. shulman suggests that maria's dramatic change related her upcoming marriage. wh maria's disorder mostly had to do with was an attempt to disable hself, to keep her connected with a powerful n, just like the father was befo adolescence a after, while at theame time, expressi hernger indirectly by withdrawing, by beingulnera by bng too fgile time, expressi hernger indirectly to be the partn