Segregation of the Ego and Intra-Psychic Projection as a Defence against Super-Ego Anxiety

The process of psychoanalysis always involves two persons. The desire to be understood by the other is shared by analysand and analyst. In this article, this theme is discussed from several points of view. The precursors of shared creative experience, the importance of fiction, the listening to what is said between the lines, the mystical element and the playing in psychoanalysis are discussed.