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Prof. Dr Freud
Vienna IX, Berggasse 19
18 February 1909
Dear Colleague,
The fact is, it is very uncertain that we shall see each other so soon in Berlin, but this should not relieve me of the pleasant obligation of writing to you. As you know, I am the slave of money for nine-and-a-half months of the year, which is to be earned only in small portions and therefore does not permit any real lavishness or freedom of movement.
First, your questions: I agree that half a year's interval is enough; one can gradually get bolder, however. Consideration for Opp. will bring little success, for he will all the same go deeper and deeper into opposition [I am referring to Oppenheim1].2
I believe traumatic neurosis to be difficult to tackle, and, apart from a remark in the Theory of Sexuality,3 I have no suggestions about linking it with our theories. If you have a definite or anticipatory idea that you can link with it, you are naturally fully justified in trying it. Scientific work, like ψα technique, must follow the path of least resistance.—In stereotypes like those of your patient who will not talk for fear of saying