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This is a case history of Will, who suffered from a higher level narcissistic character disorder with oedipal conflicts marked by an intense castration anxiety (Rothstein, 1979; Kernberg, 1980, 1984; Meissner, 1985). As a clinical contribution, the case sheds further light on the complex roles of identification as a compromise formation in trauma, and it reveals the functioning of primary etiological agents in a related, multiform death fantasy (in fact, such a multiform fantasy is an intricate constellation of compromise formations).
While primarily dealing with clinical issues involved in the analysis of a narcissistic personality disorder, the present essay has an implicitly secondary aim that demands immediate justification. My additional intent is to defend the case history itself, which, in the