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    of behavior and environment effect on the mentality of person and the reasons for depression, anxiety and mental stress. It also help the readers to know about the importance of psychotherapy in curing different mental diseases. Introduction Sigmund Freud is known as founder of psychoanalysis and Franz Kafka is well known for the influential story and novel writer. The Metamorphosis is one of the best writing of Franz Kafka which is a brilliant story about a young boy Gregor Samsa. Gregor Samsa

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    and husband. The Ego is Victor Frankenstein as a famous “mad” scientist. “I started my professional activity trying to bring relief to my neurotic patents, I discovered some important new facts about the unconscious” stated Sigmund Freud about his life and career.1 Sigmund Freud

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    his focus on the unconscious, penis envy and the Oedipal complex made him and his newfound theories into a controversial topic amongst his peers. The Rat Man, as described by Freud in Notes upon a case of obsessional neurosis (1909). He was one of Freud’s patients. At the age of 30, Rat Man was obsessively afraid of rats. Freud traced this fear back to a repressed death wish, generated by an underlying oedipal conflict. The Rat Man’s analysis laid the foundation of Freud’s psychoanalytical obsessional

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    First, we can associate the master who is extensively discussed by Hegel to the superego theory discussed by Freud. By doing so, we are giving the superego part of the mind which is in other words the conscious part of the brain the role of a master. Besides, the master in Hegel’s assertions is considered to have the full consciousness after defeating the other

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    himself and his defense mechanisms were giving Holden an excuse to acting abnormally. As a result, he blames Sally for the unreasonable idea he proposed, calling her “a royal pain in the ass,” (133). This irrational behavior of Holden is exactly what Freud is illustrating in his theory of personality that

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    "I know what it 's like to be afraid of your own mind." Author Unknow Mental Health is a person’s condition regarding their mind and emotional welfare and a philosophy offer an understanding of the client’s needs and it helps the mentor to define the problems and to assess it by finding the right techniques to help meet the goals of the clients. Counselors assist clients and groups with theories that gets applied in their work. The theory that counselors use will provide them with a good structure

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    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 a radically new therapeutic reference for the understanding of human psychological development, and the treatment of abnormal mental conditions. Freud is also

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    The second function of the dream, according to Freud, is to protect the dreamer’s sleep from disruptions in the sleep environment. It is obvious to see this attribute operating in the movie Inception. While Cobb and his team go into the mind of another individual during a dream, they often do it on comfortable

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    Dr. Caligari

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    and aided in his best friend, Alan’s, death. I think to get Jane’s love he desired for he fantasize his friend could be a possible competition and thus killed him to get rid of him. So to avoid the guilt and betrayal he created a fake world to what Freud would call a wish fulfillment, an unconscious formation “Where all sorts of desires are more or less one’s rational understanding” (The Making of the west ,789). It’s a way where wish is fulfilled in the imagination. Francis imagined an eccentric story

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    important theorists that I believe have made a huge contribution are Sigmund Freud, Karen Horney, and Dollard and Miller. These theorists have all had their own view on personality development, and I believe that these ideas have shaped the way in which we view psychology today. The many interpretations of conflict, psychotherapy, and cultural and biological aspects of personality have shaped their views and differences as well. Sigmund Freud, known as the father of psychology, developed some of the first

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