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Analytic treatment of a five-year-old atypical boy is described. Among the ego difficulties displayed was a major one of a grossly defective stimulus barrier; the boy was threatened constantly with being flooded by his impulses. The analyst acted as an auxiliary stimulus barrier, which is different from being an external superego. Various aspects of theory and technique are discussed.