Everything Everywhere Daily Sigmund Freud
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Jan 25, 2026 A brisk tour of Sigmund Freud's life, from his medical training to founding psychoanalysis. Topics include dream interpretation, the unconscious, and the id, ego, and superego. The show covers psychosexual stages, the Oedipus complex, defense mechanisms, and Freud's influence on Vienna society. It also touches on controversies and lasting cultural impact.
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Early Life And Family
- Sigmund Freud grew up poor and moved to Vienna at age four where he lived the rest of his life.
- He married Martha Bernays in 1886 and they had six children together.
Medical Training And Practice
- After earning his medical degree in 1881, Freud worked at Vienna General Hospital and researched cerebral anatomy and aphasia.
- He left the hospital in 1886 to start a private practice focused on nervous disorders.
Talking Cure Births Psychoanalysis
- Freud developed psychoanalysis from cases where talking revealed repressed traumatic memories that produced physical symptoms.
- He and Joseph Breuer published Studies on Hysteria (1895), marking the birth of psychoanalysis.
