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In sleep the death instinct is manifested by withdrawal of the organism from reality and slowing of all physiological activity.
Coincidently the libidinal drive is represented by the process of physiological recovery and the expression of infantile sexual wishes in dreams.
Wish fulfilment dreams give evidence of both instinctual drives. Libido attempts to gratify the wish. Death instinct accuses ego of not attaining the conduct level of the ego ideal, and thus arouses guilt felling. In conflict round this point death instinct and libido each seek to apropriate the narcissistic energy investing the ego ideal.