Ogden vividly describes the most primitive psychological organization of the sensory-dominated, pre-symbolic realm of experience. To systematically capture this foundation for the experience of the self, he introduces the concept of the autistic-touching position. This refers to an experience in which meaning arises based on sensory impressions—such as experiences of rhythm, sound perceptions, and particularly stimuli on the skin's surface. Ogden successfully systematizes complex psychological processes in an engaging manner and presents them in a way that is close to experience. He never loses touch with clinical experiences. The suffering from the breaking of structures and the work on their (re)construction serve as the starting point for his original theoretical ideas.