I was surprised that Bertha Pappenheim, who used to suffer severe mental illness, turned out to devote herself fully to philanthropic activities and was recognized as a legendary figure in the field of social work. Although her mental illness was put under controlled in the rest of her life and she looks normal, Freud still claimed that she has not been cured. Why can an unrecovered patient became other suffers’ helper? Last week we talk about “transference”, which can be used as a tool to misdirect a patient’s attention and alleviate one’s symptom temporarily. I wonder whether by doing voluntary work is a good treatment that not only helps patients to outlet their energy, but also leads them to experience other’s depression, forcing the patients to face and reflect their dark side. During this process, is it possible that Bertha did transfer the energy of self-harming into a form of self-healing? Although Bertha can never get rid of her illness, by bonding and caring for others, she can better control her own Hysteria.