The Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud

 The Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud | Book Review

"The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" is a fascinating and understandable book that demonstrates the existence of the psyche in the most banal of situations, such as when trying to remember a name or have a conversation. 

Each chapter deals with the different manifestations of the psyche through a collection of short case studies and is followed by a discussion of what each instance can teach about the inner workings of the mind.

The fact that this book is one of the least technical of his four main works on psychoanalysis is what makes it so appealing. It is not only accessible writing, but the commonness and simplicity of the case studies make for the same sort of reading one would find in a book from Oliver Sacks: intriguing little stories in which the reader cannot help but try to figure out the puzzle on their own. 

It may not be the sort of rigorous study that characterises the field today, but it's an intriguing way to think about the individual, which provides plenty of insights into what we are and how we see ourselves.

The book is brief and easy to read, but most importantly, transparent and quite direct. It offers the reader the possibility to check for himself the accuracy of Freud's experiments through similar experiments of his own. 

The chapter about numbers and names, utilising illustration, is very interesting and handy and would allow you, if you give it serious and honest consideration, to reach out for something that has probably been lodged for a while in your unconscious.

Highly recommended!

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