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January 6, 1923. Dr. Sandor Ferenczi: Notes from psycho-analytical practice.
1The relation between onanism and pollutions. Account of a dream, analysis of which made it plain that the pollution was an onanistic act resolved upon during the day from which the subject refrained, postponing it till sleep. The 'guiltlessness' of the act is secured by the absence of motor actions (touching). There are numerous ways of passing from onanism to pollution and of combining the two.
2Blunder and dream. In paying her fees a patient paid by mistake 10, 000 kronen too much; the money was returned to her. A dream of the following night, in which the 10, 000 kronen note was in her hand-bag covered with an apron, showed that this money was unconsciously meant for a gift (of an erotic nature) to the physician.
3Therapeutic experiments in a case of paranoia. Acting on the principle of Freud's statement that the paranoiac is really always right and is only in error as regards the unconsciousness of the hostile intentions he perceives, an attempt was made to accept in this sense every individual assertion of a paranoiac patient. In this way it was possible to gain his confidence and for the time being to effect some sort of transference. Already the patient is himself correcting some of the spontaneous delusions which arise in his mind.