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The years of World War I were difficult for Freud. He was cut off from communication with his faithful followers, his psychoanalytic practice dwindled, his home was sometime without heat, and he and his family and little food. After the war, despite advancing years and pain suffered from 33 operations for cancer of the mouth, he made important revisions in his theory. The most significant of these were the elevation of aggression to a level equal to that of the sexual drive, the inclusion of repression as one of the defenses of the ego, and his attempt to clarify the female Oedipus complex, which he was never able to completely accomplish. What personal qualities did Freud possess? A more complete insight into his personality