A significant impact on the development of depth psychology had the younger daughter of Sigmund Freud - Anna Freud (1895 - 1982). Although her first investigation in psychoanalysis appeared in the 1930s, the most interesting work as psychoanalyst appeared later. Anna Freud from early childhood have joined the research activities of her father, and served for many years as his secretary. In 1922 made ​​her first scientific paper, and was admitted to the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society. In 1938, after the occupation [...]

Popular Psychology. Psychologist’s Advice On A Daily Basis. The Monotony Of Sexual Life The issue If your sex life has become monotonous and predictable, almost to nauseam, urgently take action. Let sex be the first thing you do in the morning, but not the last - in the evening. Do this in a new environment, new clothes, new attitude. Even the most amazing lover bores, if you have learned by heart all of his tricks. In the early days of marriage or intimate relationship there was no word about sameness. Mutual affection and impatience forced to have sex in [...]

Freud found that individuals with anal orientation of sexual life are dominated by certain personality traits, which are partly reactive formation against anal-erotic activity, and partly its sublimation. The main features of the anal type are: punctuality, frugality, obstinacy. In compulsive neurosis, too, certainly these tendencies intensify, so they need to be discussed in this section. In the [...]

In the case of compulsive neurosis the patient with severe oedipal desires had motives to kill women and cut off his penis. This is the typical distortion of the incestous desire for compulsive neurosis. The patient said about the murder of his mother, in fact, referring to sexual intercourse with her. His sexual dreams are obviously of a [...]

Forms of neurosis Until now, in psychiatry there was some confusion and inconsistency on the question of various forms of neurosis. For example, the term neurasthenia is used to denote all forms of neurosis, the origin, cause and content of which is not obvious. It must be recognized it is not easy to distinguish between various mental illnesses, and should not be surprising that a disease in which there is no obvious physical changes, is often referred to as “neurasthenia” or “hysteria.” This situation indicates that professionals [...]