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The obstacle motif as a typical dream experience

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    The obstacle dream is offered as an addition to the group of typical dreams.

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    It is encountered in normal, neurotic and psychotic individuals.

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    It is of particular significance in patients under therapy, as it helps to determine the degree of resistance to improvement and the progress of therapy.

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  1. Freud, Sigmund: The Interpretation of Dreams Translated by A. A. Brill. Third ed. Pp. 235–267. Macmillan. New York. 1933.

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  2. Jones, Ernest: Papers on Psychoanalysis. Third ed. P. 252. Wm. Wood & Co. New York.

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  1. Pilgrim State Hospital, West Brentwood, N. Y.

    Hyman S. Barahal M. D.

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Barahal, H.S. The obstacle motif as a typical dream experience. Psych Quar 25, 38–54 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01584261

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