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35 Things Most People Don’t Know About Sigmund Freud

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12. Freud Wanted To Better Understand The Relationship Between Childhood Experiences And Adult Behavior

The founder of the psychoanalytical school of psychology, Freud, in the 1930s. David Webb from Alicante, Spain – Sigmund Freud Uploaded by Viejo sabio/ All About Psychology/ Wikimedia.

Recognizing that there was a significant link between childhood experiences, particularly trauma, and the way that people acted as adults, Freud dedicated much of his life to better understanding this relationship and figuring out ways to treat it. Unfortunately, much of his knowledge had to do with so-called traumas related to infant sexuality and p-e-n-i-s envy, things that are not only not traumatic but are nonexistent.

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