This document summarizes Sigmund Freud's differentiation between "inhibitions" and "symptoms" in his clinical notes. Freud defines inhibitions as a mere restriction of ego function, while symptoms indicate a pathology requiring treatment. He uses typical forms of inhibition like psychosexual impotence to show how they can become symptomatic if a neurotic subject attributes sexual meaning to them. Freud analyzes common fantasies and fears behind inhibitions, like the "vagina dentata" fantasy, and how patients respond to inhibitions, to determine if they remain temporary or become traumatic symptoms.