Four cases are presented to illustrate the complexity of the phenomenon of resistance. Freud used the term 'resistance' simply to mean a manifestation

of the ego which at one time carried out repression and continues this endeavor into the present. Eidelberg believes that resistance contains elements of id, ego, superego, and the external world which are banded together in the unconscious to secure partial satisfaction and partial frustration of a forbidden id demand. He fears that the simpler definition might lead the analyst to forget to analyze some of these elements.