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THE WOLF MAN CASE SIGMUND FREUD

 

            
            
             This report will examine the "Wolf Man" case of Sigmund Freud published in his .
             case histories along with other notable cases. Many of these cases work to directly .
             emphasize themes that Freud carried throughout his work as one of the key, if not the .
             key, pioneers of psychoanalysis. His concentration in this case is on the patient's fear of .
             wolves and the way his childhood neuroses developed when the individual was an adult. .
             This case shows many recurrent themes of explanation that come up in Freud's theories .
             such as the castration complex and the ways in which psychoanalysts can interpret the .
             dream states of patients when making a diagnosis or conducting treatment. The "Wolf .
             Man" is a case in which the roots of the patient's anxious and neurotic condition are .
             traced back to his childhood and the web of relationships he established at this time with .
             his nanny, his father, his sister, and other important and representative personages in his .
             life. Freud is not as explicit in this case about his theories on the id, the ego, and the .
             superego as he is about theories of dream interpretation, castration anxiety, and taboo .
             themes such as incest. The case therefore works to summarize many of the important .
             aspects of Freud's theories, which still have resonance today, and even though many .
             criticize Freud for taking an over-sexual and rather patriarchal attitude towards his .
             personal expressions, there is still something to be learned from his theories. Therefore, .
             this report will present a summary of the "Wolf Man" or "From the History of Infantile .
             Neurosis" case, a look at the methods that were used in the case itself, and what appears .
             to be the main idea to be derived.
             Summary.
             The case itself involves a man who is persecuted by neurosis and anxiety in his .
             adult life. He is eighteen years old and is moving from the stage of adolescence to the .
             stage of early adulthood, but he is still haunted by neuroses which appeared when he was .


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