Two dreams followed by an episode of hypomania, occurring in a woman who strongly denied her penis envy, greed, and feelings of deprivation, are described to support Lewin's concept of elation. The patient had attained womanhood, marriage, and childbearing, intensely resenting her lack of a penis but characteristically masking her depression and rage with massive denial expressed in

excessive pride in the accomplishments of her husband and a driven pursuit of her own very competitive interests. During a period of her analysis when her bitterness and disappointment were intensified by premenstrual tension, depreciative treatment by her sadistic husband, and witnessing the happier lot of friends, the patient had two dreams which denied all lack of a penis and instead were replete with symbolic allusions to the penis, to the maternal breast as penis, and to the dream screen as window, blank white paper, picture frame, and pane of glass. These dreams were followed by elation.