Sigmund Freud s Theory Of Psychology - 1101 Words

In the textbook it describes how Freud believed your conscious thoughts were only the tip of the iceberg when studying the brain. Freud believed there were three levels of awareness. The first level is, conscious level these are thoughts we are aware of in the moment (Cervone Pervin, 2013). The second level is the preconscious level, which are contents we could easily become aware of (Cervone Pervin, 2013). The third level is the unconscious level. This level is mental contents of the mind that we are unaware and cannot become aware of. These thoughts can only be accessed under special circumstances (Cervone Pervin, 2013). According to Freud, the reason we were not able to access unconscious thoughts is because they are anxiety†¦show more content†¦This led Freud to write The Interpretation of Dreams. When studying dreams, Freud found that dreams are very strange. I have found this also in my lifetime. I have always been fascinated by dreams. As a kid I would wake up wanting to replay my dream on a display screen. In the mornings, I would be so excited to explain what happened in my dreams the night before to my family members. I wanted so badly for them to understand how crazy they were, but most of the time they were too bizarre for them to understand so they gave up listening. Unlike most of my friends and family my dreams were so vivid that I could almost always remember them. In high school, I began to think that because my dreams were so vivid, they had to mean something. I began trying to interpret my dreams. If there were a symbol that stuck out in my dream all night, like a snake, I would try to look up the meaning. Or if there were a certain act I was performing in my dream, like swimming in the ocean, I would look it up. At first, I was looking up the meanings on dream interpretation websites. Then, I ended up getting a book. Now I know that thanks to Freud, I am able to interpret my own dreams. I remember specifically, my senior year of high school after my mom passed away, she would be in my dreams. They were vivid memories of her and I, the dreams always felt so real. In the beginning after her passing, I would have dreams consecutively with her in it. As months passed