This “Super-Ego,” as a matter of fact, is able to oppose the “I,” act towards it as if it were something inferior and, in general, treat it almost with contempt. For the “I” it is just as important to remain in agreement with the “Super-Ego” as with the “It.” Disagreement between the “Super-Ego” and the “I” is of far-reaching consequences for the soul life. Doubtless, you have already surmised that the “Super-Ego” is the agent of that phenomenon which we call our conscience. For the maintenance of healthy soul life, it is very important that the “Super-Ego” develop normally, that is, becomes sufficiently impersonal. It is just this development which is insufficient in the neurotic, because his Œdipus Complex was not properly transformed. His “Super-Ego,” in regard to the “I,” still assumes the rôle of the strict father to the child, with the morality of the “I” manifesting itself in a primitive manner by meekly submitting to punishment, meted out by the “Super-Ego.” Sickness is resorted to, as the means of this “self-punishment.” The neurotic, behaving as if under a burden of guilt accepts sickness as a punishment to assuage this feeling of delinquency. “That sounds very mysterious. But the most remarkable thing seems to be that the patient remains unconscious of the power of his conscience.” Well, we are only now beginning to appreciate the importance of all these vital conditions. That is the reason why my explanations were so puzzling to you. But now, I believe I can continue. All those agents which oppose the recuperation of a patient, we term the “resistance” of the patient. While “sickness profit” is the source of such resistance, the “unconscious feeling of guilt” represents the resistance of the “Super-Ego” of which, as the strongest factor, we are very much in fear. But there are other manifestations of resistance which become evident in the process of treatment. If the “I,” at an early period, was induced through fear, to take recourse to a repression, this fear still persists, manifesting itself now as a resistance, as soon as the “I” approaches that which was repressed. It is easy enough to realize that difficulties may be encountered, if a certain tendency, which for decades has proceeded along a specific course, is suddenly expected to swing into a new path opened to it. Such a condition may be termed the resistance of the “It.” The battle against all these resistances is our main work during the analytical treatment, in comparison with which the task of interpretation almost fades into insignificance. But by this battle and the ensuing defeat of resistances, the “I” of the patient is so transformed and strengthened that his future behavior, after the termination of the treatment, may be regarded with complete equanimity.