ABSTRACT
In a letter to Freud on 6 November 1929, Ferenczi reveals the second of two thoughts [Einfälle] that came to his mind as he was writing:
The other (purely personal) thought is the evidently shocking impression that your statement, which was made in passing, to the effect that my appearance was an indication of premature senility, made on me. … In the meantime I feel (physically) not significantly better; my sleep is being disturbed by the well-known symptoms; but my daily work (despite seven-eight-nine hours) is of undiminished, often enthusiastic interest. I am learning more every day.
(Fer/Fr, p. 372)