Sigmund Schlomo Freud was born May 6th, 1856 in Pribor, Czech Republic. He was the first born of eight children of his Jewish family which was not finically stable. In 1857 his father lost his job and the family had to move to Vienna. When Sigmund was younger he knew a significant amount of different languages such as German, French, Italian, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. After he graduated high school he studied at the University of Vienna where he graduated with his degree as a Doctor of Medicine in 1881.
Sigmund made a decision that he did not know would impact his life greatly when he decided to travel to Paris in October 1885 where he studied with Jean-Martin Charcot, a neurologist. On this trip he realized that neurology was not what he wanted to do and that he was made to do bigger things. In 1886 he started his own practice and was inspired by his friend, Josef Breuer, to start using hypnosis in his clinical work. Also this same year Freud married Martha …show more content…
The Nazis confiscated his passport so Freud with his wife and daughters had to flee to London with the help of his followers was it only possible. While this transition was very hard to make it harder the Nazi’s burned just about all of Freud’s recorded work in books he had. But their lives continued with Freud and his family stayed in London until his death. He died from cancer of the jaw because he loved cigars his whole life. He went through about thirty- three surgeries to try to remove the cancer. He also used cocaine a lot because he believed his was good for mental and physical problems. Being such a big consumer of cocaine made him suffer from depression, migraine and nasal inflammation. After given doses of morphine, he died in London which ended his pain and suffering. Just three days after his death, his body was cremated and his funeral was attended by many of his followers and psychoanalysts
Sigmund made a decision that he did not know would impact his life greatly when he decided to travel to Paris in October 1885 where he studied with Jean-Martin Charcot, a neurologist. On this trip he realized that neurology was not what he wanted to do and that he was made to do bigger things. In 1886 he started his own practice and was inspired by his friend, Josef Breuer, to start using hypnosis in his clinical work. Also this same year Freud married Martha …show more content…
The Nazis confiscated his passport so Freud with his wife and daughters had to flee to London with the help of his followers was it only possible. While this transition was very hard to make it harder the Nazi’s burned just about all of Freud’s recorded work in books he had. But their lives continued with Freud and his family stayed in London until his death. He died from cancer of the jaw because he loved cigars his whole life. He went through about thirty- three surgeries to try to remove the cancer. He also used cocaine a lot because he believed his was good for mental and physical problems. Being such a big consumer of cocaine made him suffer from depression, migraine and nasal inflammation. After given doses of morphine, he died in London which ended his pain and suffering. Just three days after his death, his body was cremated and his funeral was attended by many of his followers and psychoanalysts