A patient who suffered a schizophrenic breakdown following an unhappy love relationship entered psychoanalytic therapy. His central problems were the fear of dependency and the resulting feelings of insecurity. The author assigns the pathological phenomena to the type described by Melanie Klein as projective identification. The concrete-mindedness of the patient, his inability to deal with symbols, and his incapacity for sublimation shackled him to the unsuccessful and idolized first love relationship of his adult life. In analysis he worked his way out of the acute psychotic phase and developed into a compulsive character.