Psychopathology of Everyday Life

ebook Why We Forget Words and Make Errors

By Sigmund Freud

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Psychopathology of Everyday Life presents Freud's research into slips and parapraxes from 1897 onwards. It became, perhaps, the best-known of all Freud's writings. When studying various deviations from the stereotypes of everyday behavior, strange defects, and malfunctions, as well as seemingly random errors, the author concluded that they indicate the underlying pathology of the psyche, the symptoms of psychoneurosis. According to Freud, various deviations from the stereotypes of everyday conduct - seemingly unintended reservation, forgetting words, random movements, and actions - are a manifestation of unconscious thoughts and impulses. They can be used in the therapy of neurological conditions.
Psychopathology of Everyday Life