(1) a definitely nonsurvival situation contained in a facsimile which is called into action by the individual to explain his failures. A service facsimile may be one of an illness, an injury, or a n inability. The facsimile begins with a down emotional curve and ends with an upward emotional curve. Between these it haspain. A service facsimile IS the pattern which is the chronic "psychosomatic illness." It may contain coughs, fever, aches, rashes, any manifestation of a nonsurvival character, mental or physical. It may even be a suicide effort. It is complete with all perceptions. It has many similar facsimiles. It has many locks. The possession and use of a service facsimile distinguishes a Homo sapiens. (2) The reason service facsimiles are called "service facsimiles" is because ("service") they "serve" him and ("facsimiles") they are in mental image pictureform. They explain his disabilities as well. The facsimile part is actually a self-installed disability that "explains" how he is not responsible for not being able to cope. So he is not wrong for not coping. Part of the "package" is to be right by making wrong. The service facsimile is therefore a picture containing an explanation of self condition and also a fixed method of making others wrong. —APA Glossary (app 11.7.90)