A four-year-old boy showed mania behind the extreme mobility of his behavior, which was a result of projection, introjection, and projective identification occurring at such speed that in reality 'nothing was happening'. The child, by a disturbance of space and time, created a confusion of feelings and fantasies about the love object, changing roles so rapidly that time did not count. By so doing he avoided depression, feelings of guilt, confusion, and attempts to do away with feelings of intense envy. It was necessary for him to deny these because his ego could not tolerate the intensity of the guilt. In this way he confused his feelings, both tender and hostile, concerning the maternal breast.