A patient complained of insomnia and was concerned that his analysis had bogged down because he was unable to have and remember dreams. In the course of his analysis he remembered

a dream that he had forgotten. He also said that if he had not remembered the dream, he would have said that he was awake. The suggestion that he dreamed that he was awake led to his having a second dream that he was awake, and the recognition that he was dreaming. His 'insomnia' disappeared, his dreams became abundant and available to analysis. The dynamic issues which permitted the content and the affect of the dream, 'I am awake', were the very same as those which were at the core of his neurosis, namely, a hypercathexis of consciousness, so that he could be constantly alert and awake. The latter was dependent upon the operation of several defenses, for instance, on a split between consciousness and unconsciousness, the externalization of unconsciousness, and a fusion (identification) of himself with the transference object.