So here are my thoughts so far on Psychoanalysis....
First off, I never took Intro to Psychology. Therefore my knowledge of Freud is very limited coming into this course. When I first read Klages’ article I was not thrilled with the whole penis envy thing. For me the basics in Freud’s theory is really hard to get my head around. No wonder women were in a lesser role with theories like this kicking around. However, I will agree with the fact that without this we would not be where we are today and I do get some of his dream analysis.
I think I agree with psychoanalysis and dream interpretation. There is this girl, and we used to be friends. Now she hates my guts and liked to make my life unpleasant. Anyway...recently I became slightly obsessed about the whole things and I was mad at myself for not confronting the issue sooner. All I could think about for days was this confrontation and then I started to have dreams about her. Sometimes it was similar to how life is, sometimes I confronted her and sometimes it was completely arbitrary. Finally I had a dream that we resolved our issues and you know what? The issue stopped bothering me. So I think our dreams are a way our conscious and unconscious works through issues.
On another note...Today I discovered my conscious thought process is like the one that is described for the unconscious. Normally when I’m having a conversation I have to explain how I relate my topics. To the people I am talking with the conversations sometimes seem all over the map, but it makes sense to me. My links are not always obvious but they are there. Exactly how Dr. Pound was explain signifiers.
Finally...So I think I understand Freud, however Lacan’s articles were extremely confusing to me. I am unsure of where to being with this essay...I hope I’m not the only one!!
First off, I never took Intro to Psychology. Therefore my knowledge of Freud is very limited coming into this course. When I first read Klages’ article I was not thrilled with the whole penis envy thing. For me the basics in Freud’s theory is really hard to get my head around. No wonder women were in a lesser role with theories like this kicking around. However, I will agree with the fact that without this we would not be where we are today and I do get some of his dream analysis.
I think I agree with psychoanalysis and dream interpretation. There is this girl, and we used to be friends. Now she hates my guts and liked to make my life unpleasant. Anyway...recently I became slightly obsessed about the whole things and I was mad at myself for not confronting the issue sooner. All I could think about for days was this confrontation and then I started to have dreams about her. Sometimes it was similar to how life is, sometimes I confronted her and sometimes it was completely arbitrary. Finally I had a dream that we resolved our issues and you know what? The issue stopped bothering me. So I think our dreams are a way our conscious and unconscious works through issues.
On another note...Today I discovered my conscious thought process is like the one that is described for the unconscious. Normally when I’m having a conversation I have to explain how I relate my topics. To the people I am talking with the conversations sometimes seem all over the map, but it makes sense to me. My links are not always obvious but they are there. Exactly how Dr. Pound was explain signifiers.
Finally...So I think I understand Freud, however Lacan’s articles were extremely confusing to me. I am unsure of where to being with this essay...I hope I’m not the only one!!
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