A peculiar alternating mechanism of fusion and diffusion of unconscious fantasies is established in the impostor, as well as in any other psychopathic individual. These images appear as units in an attempt to structuralize an unstable equilibrium of particular interest to any defense mechanism.

In the case presented, the stereotyped manner of committing a crime became rigid and structuralized as a definite way of behavior because the individual needs coincided with those of the environment (family, society). Therefore, the patient developed his own style of living and his own future projections. The learning process was then encapsulated within the ego; hence the means of communication