ABSTRACT
One can wonder at the frequency of enuresis. This symptom, which can be thankful for, brings children whose neuroses would otherwise be ignored, has in itself more than one meaning. At the very least, it signifies stagnation at or the return to the sadistic urethral stage, which is the one preceding the phallic stage. Enuresis can also indicate a regression to an even more archaic stage. Also enuresis has, in some cases, to be respected, despite the demands of the parents, and the conscious desire of the child, for as long as it takes to help the libido of the child evolve to the urethral sadistic stage, the dawn of the phallic stage. One can see that the symptom of enuresis has only a relative diagnostic role. In itself, with no knowledge of any accompanying emotional behaviour, it is impossible to make a sound therapeutic plan.
