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This problem, with its multiple causes, occurs in patients with 'strong anxiety preparedness', with fixation on anal retention, and sexual inhibition, homosexual inclination, and infantile character. Concomitant silence of the analyst will probably merely increase anxiety; such patients need reassurance in the areas of their anxiety. The silence needs to be deprived of its roots and motives.