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The Unconscious

Overthink

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The Unconscious Is Not a Single Self

Yen: Freud's concept of the unconscious was so controversial and ground breaking in the early twentieth century. He says that each of us has a stranger within, which i think is superinteresting. When i look at another person, i don't know exactly what theyare thinking, because i don’t know it directly. But i make inferences based on their behavior that give me maybe a rough outline of what their thoughts, feelings, motivations, et cetera might be.

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