The Repetition of the Same Thing

Psychoanalytic endeavor gets to the heart of what distinguishes psychoanalysis, in a way, from psychology more generally. So i guess the best way to help us understand it is by using lived experiences. He he recalls a period where he's walking through an italian town that's totally unknown to him. But after a long time of getting lost in this in this foreign town, he finds himself back at exactly the same piazza that he started at. And he describes this feeling as recalling the sense of helplessness like in some dreamlike states.