Lorand states that the anxieties and symptoms of the war neuroses arise in the ego, in contrast to the general neurotic anxiety which arises in connection with unconscious strivings. 'When one is in actual danger, the whole ego is threatened and the drive for self-protection induces a fight against the threatening external situation.' A young man in analysis when the war broke out—when childhood aggressions were mobilized to the point of threatening to engulf him—made a prompt regression. His narcissism rendered him unable to form strong or permanent object relationships and 'when confronted with a task that demanded conviction (military duty) he was unable to go through with it'.