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Freud

 

            
            
             "Sigmund Freud, an Einstein to his profession" states Gayford. I don't think I could agree anymore with that statement made by him. He was a physiologist, medical doctor, and psychologist. He was the founder of psychoanalysis, the theory of the unconscious mind, theory of infantile sexuality, and studied neuroses and the structure of the mind (Davis Webpage). He published several books, among these were, The Interpretation of Dreams, A Sigmund Freud Autobiography, Studies on Hysteria, and The Symbols of Transformation. The book, The Studies on Hysteria, was wrote and published before the departure of Breuer and Freud (Davis Webpage) and the book, Symbols of Transformation, was wrote and published before the departure of Jung and Freud (Davis Webpage).
             Freud was deeply impressed by the work of the French neurologist Jean Charcot. Jean Charcot was using hysteria and other abnormal mental conditions at the time Freud went to France to study with him (Davis Webpage). After returning to Vienna, Freud experimented with hypnosis but found that its effects did not last. Freud then decided to adopt, instead, a method suggested by the work of a colleague and friend, Breuer, that encouraged the hysterical patient to talk uninhibitedly about earlier symptoms (Davis Webpage). But Freud shortly found that Breuer decided to part ways with him. Breuer could not agree with what he regarded as the excessive emphasis that Freud placed upon the sexual origins and content of neuroses (Davis Webpage).
             After the departure, Freud worked alone, and at that time was able to do a self-analysis, which led into his publication of The Interpretation of Dreams. During the time of the self-analysis, his father had passed away, which created different dreams in which he did an analysis of (Thornton Webpage). Since the publication of The Interpretation of Dreams there has been a lot of debate about the book. The debate takes place, mainly, because of his addiction to cocaine at the time the book was written (Thornton Webpage).


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