Unconscious mind

promoting personal growth and awareness. “Lose your mind and come to your senses” (Fritz Perls).…

Richard III and Yasunari Kawabata’s The White Horse rely heavily on dreams and how they convey or affect how one is feeling by delving into the unconscious mind, much like one does today. Dream interpretation is a widely recognized concept through the world. People have analyzed and interpreted dreams throughout history in many civilizations that had different cultures and religions. It is referenced in traditional Chinese medicine as well. By definition, dreams are the mental activity…

psychological and physiological factors, in order to clear the mind, profess suppressed emotions, and to refresh the body.…

interesting aspects of our brain is consciousness, but particularly, the state of our consciousness within dreams. We lose our consciousness as we enter to relax our brain and thus enter a deep sleep. However, what if we could be aware when we are unconscious? That is what lucid dreaming is. Lucid dreaming is a dream in which the dreamer is consciously aware that they are dreaming to which they may be able to have the ability to control certain aspects of the dream itself. This rare phenomenon…

Psychoanalysis, Humanism, and Trait Personality are all theories of personality that we possess. Psychoanalysis is defined as someone investigating the interaction of the conscious and unconscious mind and bringing repressed fears and conflicts into the conscious mind. Alfonso’s personality is influenced by psychoanalysis. Humanism is the study of a whole person which includes their uniqueness, creativity, and their values. Alfonso’s personality is possessed by humanism because of the lack of…

the mid-19th century, Sigmund Freud developed the psychoanalytic theory which argued that personality is formed by the structures of the human mind: the ego, the ID, and the superego. He stated that people are motivated and driven by their hopes, dreams, fears, and needs. Psychoanalytic criticism asserts that literature, like dreams, reveals secret unconscious desires and anxieties of the author. Kate Chopin, author of The Awakening, was born in the 19th century, a time where women had to abide…

Neurology. And although he specified more in the area of psychology, he made great strides and influence in the area of Neurochemistry. He was, in fact, most commonly known for not only the human psyche, but also dream analysis and the collective unconscious. In his early childhood I think it’s interesting how much his life resonates with common issues in the human psyche. He was the fourth child in his family, but the only to actually survive birth. And until they moved closer to her family,…

abnormalities or imbalances, structural abnormalities within the brain or imperfections. Those favoring the biological perspective prefer to use drugs, electroconvulsive therapy (shock treatment) or psychosurgery There are two points to keep in mind: a. When there is strong evidence of a genetic factor in a psychological disorder people do not inherit the disorder directly - they inherit a predisposition toward the disorder. b. There can be psychological abnormalities due to an…

Description of the Focus of my Theory The Kobe system theory is named after one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Kobe Bryant. It is created around the assumption that all athletes, strive to be the best they can be in life as well as their particular sport. Athletes are paid to make a living for themselves, provide entertainment to the world and inspire young kids to grow up and be like them, role model of sorts. Yet we see countless acts of poor judgement that make headlines all…

the meaning of life; the meaning of suffering, the meaning of love and the meaning of existence. Freud's theory was that there is a lot in our minds that we are completely oblivious to; the unconscious mind. This is where he developed psychoanalysis. He came up with the idea of psychoanalysis so he could get a deeper look into his patient's "unconscious mind" and see their…