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Childhood trauma influences adult behavior from "summary" of A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis BY Sigmund Freud by Sigmund Freud

In the field of psychoanalysis, it is widely accepted that experiences during childhood play a significant role in shaping adult behavior. Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, believed that childhood trauma could have a lasting impact on an individual's psyche. Freud proposed that early experiences, particularly traumatic ones, could influence the development of the unconscious mind. He argued that the mind is divided into three parts: the conscious, the preconscious, and the unconscious. According to Freud, traumatic experiences that occur in childhood can become repressed in the unconscious mind, leading to the formation of psychological defense mechanisms. These defense mechanisms, such as repression, denial, and proje...
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    A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis BY Sigmund Freud

    Sigmund Freud

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