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Full experience of trauma rarely occurs in dreams. This paper presents an instance of miscarriage of the defensive process in a dream which allowed re-experiencing of the traumatic state as manifested by a flashing light during sleep. Some of the reasons for this failure, with special reference to alterations in the process of denial during sleep, are discussed.