In the Rorschach test, the regressed part of the subject's ego uses pictorial images as the dreamer uses memory images. The Rorschach blots serve just as does the day's residue as raw material through which the unconscious expresses itself. Because the blots have fluidity and loose structure, the subject may use any detail as an intermediary link upon which the unconscious may construct its symbolic representations. In Rorschach testing there is much more cathexis of reality than during sleep. The testing process resembles, in this respect, the situation in free association: there is partial loss of reality testing, partial ego regression, and free rise of unconscious demands.