Koray B.’s Reviews > A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis > Status Update

Exploring the concepts of suppression and regression; causes of libido fixation, sublimation (substitution of the sexual activity towards other acts such as socialisation), premature exposure towards observation of sexuality in children may cause suppression, regression or libido fixation; unnatural ego development may lead to prohibition of and distance from libido for extensive periods of time in life.

Further analysis on Oedipus complex and its relation towards incestuous relationship; the cultures all around the world prohibit this complex towards incest, the goal of leaving the family in order to become a person in the society & neurotic tendencies of people who fail to accomplish that goal, Oedipus complex being a normal child development stage for all.

Defining perversions of sexuality, every sexual relationship has perversion as cultures allowed it to be seen as normal (i. e. kissing), questioning whether all organic pleasures somewhat relate to sexuality, development of sexuality in children, phases of development in children, explaining the Oedipus complex.

Mentioning two critical points that fixed the outrages of humanity in self-love: a) discovery of the Earth being insignificant and not in the centre of the universe, b) realisation that humans are the descendants of animals: "We were compelled to disturb the peace of the world..." Suppression, defense mechanisms of sexuality: including sexual desire towards the practitioner, not-enough-data cases being unfruitful.

Analysis of neurotic patients; compulsive neurosis paving the way for discovery of psychology; the connection between fixated compulsive acts and dream association; associating compulsive behaviours to sexual needs; discovering neurosis through traumatic events; differentiating neuroses and traumatic events.

Assertion that all dreams somewhat have a degree of a wish-fulfilment; that wish-fulfilment is better understood in cases of dreamers’ interpretations in which certain articles are associated to recent events occurred. Answering criticisms on dream association of over-reliability of the dreamer and of ambiguity using comparative linguistics.

Mechanisms of a dream, associations of sexual desire and of death through sample dreams, introduction to child psychology, psychological complexes of children, methods of parental involvement in education of children towards building a healthy constitution via utilising the means of inhibiting perversion.

Symbolism of dreams mostly have sexual connotations. The physical forms of the male and the female reproductive organ are represented by anything that resembles of them or of sexual intercourse. Trees, weapons, earth, climbing a ladder, fire, oven, an inflating balloon, any kind of “material” from “mater”, mountains, landscapes, flowers, fruits, being in a room, a door, a key, ships, and so much more.

The repulsiveness of certain dreams in which latent thoughts, sexual desires or regrets are present may cause the conscious to censor them via emotional instability. Freud advises the dreamer to be patient and to give effort in order to understand the reasoning behind the association of these particular dreams.