Repression and the Self

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This paper presents a comparative analysis between Freud's psychoanalytical theory and the generalizations and findings he presented in "The Interpretation of Dreams." The analysis includes a comparison of the similarities and differences between the two discourses made by Freud and specifically, how his analysis of dreams led to the formation of psychoanalysis. Thus, this paper posits how "The Interpretation of Dreams" had become the bastion of psychoanalytical theory's success, wherein the latter's findings led to the development of a more solid foundation of Freud's general theory on the unconscious mental processes occurring within the individual.

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"The psychoanalysis theory also distinguished between extant dichotomies in the individual. The theory identified the existence of the conscious and the unconscious selves, wherein the latter is identified as the true Self and the former, the "impersonal one." This distinction was also extant in "Interpretation." In establishing what dreams meant when applied in the context of the life and history of the individual, Freud centered his discussion on the dichotomy between the explicit and implicit meaning of dreams-that is, the material and unconscious forms that dreams take in the minds of people. "

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