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A torticollis of seven months' duration in a 29-year-old lawyer was relieved by three psychotherapeutic interviews. In these the patient faced his hostile competitiveness which meant 'defeat or be defeated.' This attitude was shown to exist in the transference, in his present-day life, and throughout his childhood, with associated tension and guilt.