Abstract

• Purpose
  While most psychiatrists diagnose Hwa-Byung as a chronic psychogenic disorder associated with familial, financial and personality, the purpose of study was to shed light on the nature of Hwa-Byung through pragmatics. Hwa-Byung is characterized as ‘ Hwa’ which means fire ‘ Byung’ which means disease. This condition cannot be empirically experienced, rather it is represented by suffering internally (in the mind). It also could find an aspect of somatization, and self-diagnosing.
• Method
  As patients themselves diagnose Hwa-Byung, pragmatical approach was taken to analyze the context of the learning through their communication with others. The case examples resulted from in-depth telephone counseling with a client who is housewife with Hwa-Byung over a period of time at the Women's Hot Line.
• Result
  The study showed that the client experienced continuous improper attacks by her husband. She expressed improperness by applying her personal emotions to social-justice reasoning.
• Conclusion
  ‘ Hwa’ means lack of mutual intimacy in this research. By expressing this ‘ Hwa’, the client would like to recover mutual intimacy with her husband.
• Keywords: “Hwa-Byung”; pragmatics

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