A child that was analyzed from four years of age to nine returned for brief visits at age twelve, nineteen, thirty; and at fifty for a more sustained analytic engagement. He reported new dreams on each return visit. Given this contact with him for almost fifty years it has been possible to reflect on the progression of his dreams over five decades. While it is clear that dreams do reflect developmental challenges there is also a remarkable continuity of genetic themes that can be identified. While dreams do reflect different phases of development, to be sure, the persistence of initial genetic conflicts are not only reflected in symptoms and character structure but in the dream work’s artistry as well, as latent content is transformed so creatively into its manifest disguises. It is this striking continuity of original genetic themes, first exposed in the child analysis, that runs like the unconscious musical drone of a ground bass throughout the first fifty years of the symphonic life of one individual, that I wish to focus on.

一个从 4 岁到 9 岁被分析的孩子在 12、19、30 岁时返回进行短暂访问；并在五十岁时进行更持久的分析参与。每次回访时，他都会报告新的梦想。鉴于与他近五十年的接触，有可能反思他的梦想在五年内的进展。虽然很明显，梦确实反映了发展挑战，但可以确定的遗传主题也具有显着的连续性。虽然梦确实反映了不同的发展阶段，但可以肯定的是，最初的基因冲突的持续存在不仅反映在症状和性格结构上，而且还反映在梦的艺术性上，因为潜在的内容被创造性地转化为明显的伪装。正是这种原始基因主题的惊人连续性，