Conversion Hysteria

Freud believed human behavior was not consciously controlled, and credited three parts in the mind to any psychological activity. These are called the unconscious, the preconscious and the conscious. Personality too was given three parts, the id, the super ego and the ego. Freud believed these parts in our mind have their individual parts to play in the way we go about life. He also stated the only way to work through conflicts that arise from our subconscious and unconscious mind is through dream analysis and psychoanalysis. Other key concepts in psychodynamic theory are the psychosexual stages of development, anxiety, defence mechanisms, and free association.

Freud created the Psychodynamic Approach to explain behaviour. Within it, he describes that there are 3 components of the human mind: The conscious, Pre-conscious and Unconscious. The conscious is the part of the mind which is in our awareness; it contains behaviours and desires which we are aware of. The pre-conscious is the part of the mind between the conscious and unconscious, it contains items such as memories and desires which we are not currently thinking about but can easily bring to conscious awareness. Lastly is the unconscious. This part of the mind is

Freud’s Structure of the Mind At the age of 40 in 1896, Sigmund Freud introduced the world to a new term- psychoanalysis (Gay 1). Psychoanalysis is a method of treating patients with different nervous problems by involving them in dialogues which provide the physician with insight into the individual’s psyche. These dialogues provided the basis for Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, which “attempts to explain personality, motivation, and psychological disorders by focusing on the influence of early childhood experiences, on unconscious motives and conflicts, and on the methods people use to cope with their sexual and aggressive urges” (Weiten 363). Part of this theory involves the structure of the mind. This is a concept that touches

Edgar Alan Poe 's short story "The Cask of Amontillado" is the typical example on how revenge can cause a man to murder without a conscious. This shouldn’t be anything new to someone is versed in Edgar Alan Po’s literature because he is best known for his tales of

The conscious holds our thoughts that are present right now, the conscious mind consists of everything inside of our awareness. The preconscious is where we hold our thoughts and memories that are currently not in awareness, but can be easily retrieved. The preconscious holds our fears, emotions, and memories. The unconscious thoughts are things a person cannot voluntarily bring to awareness. We cannot access our unconscious without professional help, the unconscious initiates extreme anxiety and can’t be revealed to the conscious mind. We can’t know or see what’s in our unconscious, but we can work with it. In 1923 Freud came out with a new theory describing our personality, most people know of this theory as "Freud 's personality

Sigmund Freud, physiologist, medical doctor, psychologist, and father of psychoanalysis, is recognized as one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Freud articulated the concepts of the unconscious, of infantile sexuality, and of repression. He proposed a tripartite account of the structure of the mind, as part of

Sigmund Freud developed a topographical model of the human mind, in which he described the mind as being composed of three parts; the conscious, the pre conscious and the unconscious. The conscious mind consists of mental processes of which a subject is immediately aware, the pre-conscious mind consists of thoughts or feelings which the subject may not be immediately aware of but can access, as required, and the unconscious is composed of mental processes which cannot be directly accessed but which exert a large effect on one’s feelings or behaviour. Freud applied this model to his structure of the psyche (id, ego and super ego). He believed that id was to be considered entirely unconscious while ego and super ego have unconscious, conscious and pre conscious aspects (McLeod, S. 2015).

Freud was interested by how Charcot used a hypnosis to treat hysteria. Freud started to experiment with hypnotherapy. He concluded that hypnotherapy effected patients and it could be

It is difficult to summarize psychodynamic theory without a brief discussion of Freud. Sigmund Freud is the father of psychoanalysis, the father of psychodynamic theory, and in effect the father of modern psychotherapy. Freud's notions retain quite a bit of popularity, especially his ideas that things are not what they

Freud began to publish his work at the turn of the century. He was influenced strongly by three people. French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot, used hypnosis as a method to cure hysteria and other ‘mental illnesses’. Another influence was Josef Breuer who was a colleague of Freud’s who also used hypnosis as a method to treat hysterical patients. Another large influence was William Fleiss, an ear, and throat and nose specialist whose own theories of the link between the nose and the genital influences Freud in his ideas of displacement upwards of tension towards headaches and other hysterical symptoms. Freud was also influenced by his own childhood experiences, some of which related directly to his theories.

According to Freud, there are three separate yet autonomous parts of the mind that are important to understanding a person. The three parts of the mind, as described by Freud are the conscious, preconscious and the subconscious mind. The conscious mind, or the Ego, is the conscious mind that is at the surface of a person’s personality and could readily be accessible to to draw out what a person is thinking about. The conscious mind is also a persons personality which is automatic and constructed of the superego’s balance of the animal-like instincts of the ID. An example could be when a counselor would ask the client what his favorite color would be. The person’s response to this type of question is

Sigmund Freud started to practice hypnosis on his patients after he studied in Paris with

Freud was a Viennese physician and acquired his early training in neurology, he worked with Jean Martin Charcot for a short period of time and investigated the use of hypnosis to treat conversion hysteria; when physical symptoms such as paralysis or blindness appeared suddenly and with no apparent cause. Freud’s experience treating his patients led him to believe that their symptoms were caused by psychological trauma and painful memories that had been suppressed. Once these patients relived these memories their physical

The Dream Ego Sigmund Freud is well known in the field of psychology, for he “was the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method for treating mental illness and also a theory which explains human behavior. Psychoanalysis is often known as the talking cure. Typically Freud would encourage his patients to talk freely (on his famous couch) regarding their symptoms and to describe exactly what was on their mind” (McLeod).

Even though Freud's family had limited finances and were forced to live in a crowded apartment, his parents made every effort to foster his obvious intellectual capacities. In 1881 Freud received his doctorate and started work under Jean-Martin Charcot (Rana 97). Freud practiced and observed hypnosis as a clinical technique, and began to formulate the beginnings of his theory on the mind. There were no unusual aspects to Freuds childhood that seem to guide him in his rationing of thinking for his theories. Freuds parents realized that he would be a scholarly child and tried to accommodate him with a solid education.