Nervous coughing is rarely the primary reason for a psychoanalysis. It is, however, a rather common symptom which can frequently be studied in the course of analyses undertaken for other indications. The following six possibilities may be observed: (1) A patient may react neurotically to a severe organic cough. (2) Coughing may be a substitutive vent for relieving an inner pressure caused by repression. (3) Coughing may be an hysterical conversion symptom, as in Freud's Dora case. (4) Coughing may be related to the group of nervous tics and as such may be an equivalent or a part of the 'stage fright' syndrome. (5) Coughing may be the somatic result of a psychogenic attitude. (6) In practice, probably most cases of nervous coughing represent a combination of these five types.