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Almost immediately after the publication of Interpretation of dreams, his friendship with Fliess began to cool, eventually to rupture in 1903. This breakup paralleled Freud’s earlier estrangement from Breuer, which took place almost immediately after they had published studies on Hysteria together. It was also a harbinger of his breaks with Alfred Adler, Carl Jung, and several other close associates. Why did Freud have difficulties with so many former friends? Freud himself answered this question, stating that “it is not the scientific differences that are so important, it is usually some other kind of animosity jealousy or revenge, that gives the impulse to enmity. The scientific differences come later”. Although Interpretation of dreams did not create the instant international stir Freud had hoped, it eventually gained for him the fame and recognition he had sought. In the 5year period following it publication, Freud, now filled with renewed self-confidence, wrote several important works that helped solidify the foundation of psychoanalysis, including On Dreams ( 1901/1953 ), written because Interpretation of dreams had failed to capture much interest, Psychopathology of Everyday life ( 1901/1960 ), which introduced the world to Freudian slips . Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality ( 1905/1953 ), which established sex as the cornerstone of psychoanalysis, and Jokes and Their relation to the Unconscious meaning . These publications helped Freud attain some local prominence in scientific and medical circles. In 1902, Freud invited a small group of somewhat younger Viennese physicians to meet in his home to discuss psychological issues. Then, in the fall of that year, these five men Freud , Alfred, Wilhelm Stekel, Max Kahane, and Rudolf Reitler formed the Wednesday Psychological Society, with freud as discussion leader. In 1908, this organization adopted a more formal name the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society. In 1910, Freud and his followers founded the Interpretational Psychoanalytic