Psychoanalytic School Of Thought

Psychoanalytic School Of Thought and the Influence of the Major Concepts Proposed In This School Of Thought on Real Life
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Psychoanalytic School Of Thought and the Influence of the Major Concepts Proposed In This School Of Thought on Real Life
The psychoanalytic school of thought was founded by Sigmund Freud and emphasized the influence of the unconscious mind on behavior. It asserts that personality disorders can be investigated and treated by making conscious, unconscious thoughts and motivations. The psychoanalytic school of thought is founded on the belief that repressed emotions and experiences influence one’s thoughts, behaviors, and feelings. It is only by uncovering these experiences that a cathartic experience from psychological distress can be achieved, over and above, a better understanding of the person’s current state of mind (Bornstein, 2011). Moreover, the school of thought hypothesizes that emotional and psychological problems like anxiety and depression are typically founded in conflicts between the conscious and unconscious mind. Personality development is primarily affected by early childhood events, and people often use defense mechanisms to protect themselves from distressing information contained in the unconscious.
Freud postulated that the mind is composed of three elements: the id, the ego, and the superego. He believed that the three systems of the human psyche developed at different stages in a person's life. The Freud psychoanalytic theory asserts that the id is the nascent and instinctual part of the mind containing hidden memories and both aggressive and sexual drives. Conversely, the superego acts as the moral conscience. The ego is the realistic part of the brain and reconciles the cravings of the id and the superego. Freud believed that each part of the human psyche contained unique features that contributed to an individual's behavior and that they all interacted to form a whole (De Sousa, 2011). The id is the spontaneous and unconscious part of one's psyche that reacts instantly to primal urges, desires, and needs: a newborn baby's personality is all id, and only later does the ego and superego develop. Because the id does not interact with the outside world, it continues to be juve...