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Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

Why Theory

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The Impact of Fantasy and Reality in Psychoanalysis

Exploration of how fantasy can be as impactful as real-life experiences in psychoanalysis, discussing challenges in conveying past traumas and the distortion of memories with each recollection. Delving into Freud's perspective on traumatic memories, the chapter emphasizes the qualitative importance of reality and the damaging nature of phantasmatic wounds.

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