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Sandler attempts in this paper to resolve the unnecessary conflict and the gap which he perceives to exist between drive theory and object relations theory. The unconscious wish/fantasy is explored as a way of approaching this problem. Sandler achieves resolution through a definition of terms by stating "that every wish comes to include a representation of the person's own self and a representation of the object…" He states that not all wishes are motivated only by sexual or aggressive drives, but primarily by attempts to maintain well-being and security. As a result, a psychology based on drive discharge should be replaced by a psychoanalytic psychology related to the control of feeling states. Sandler suggests that Freud's concept of an "identity of perception," i.e., the attainment of satisfaction through the re-experiencing of a memory, is an alternative to wish-fulfillment through drive discharge. Illusional actualization, delusional actualization, hallucinatory actualization, and actualization through daydreams are the mechanisms of this wish-fulfillment. It is the motivational force of feeling safe that Sandler feels bridges the gap between the two theories.