Without necessarily excluding the early traumatic experiences of childhood, as described by psycho-analysis, an attempt is made to turn attention to certain shocks of later years, which might cause anxiety and obsession. Moving pictures are instanced, and an example of a localized phobia in a girl of 15 is related to an experience at the cinema at the age of 7–8 years. It is also shown that the patient was cured by the investigation of the phantasies stimulated by it.