Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian psychologist whose theories formed the basis for the psychiatric method known as psychoanalysis. According to psychoanalysis, neurosis—sickness of the mind—is the result of some unresolved conflict, usually from one's childhood. The conflict is usually repressed into the subconscious but continues to manifest itself through dreams, art, or a variety of other ways. The neurosis is especially dangerous because it can lead to various behaviors which can make the subject, for the subject is attempting to symbolically resolve the conflict in his actions. For example, if a person was resentful of his older brother as a child because he believed he received preferential treatment from their parents, the person may project his aggression into structurally similar situations. Moreover, these situations may only really be in his imagination. Such a person, for example, may see inequity and victimization where there...