Dream Psychology: Psychanalysis for Beginners

Freud has often bee accused of being overly obsessed with sex and after reading Dream Psychology I can definitely see why this is the case. While he does raise and discuss several interesting theories about dreams in general, eventually for Freud, they almost all come down to sex. He actually discussed a dream he himself had as a seven year old boy in which his "beloved mother" dies and states that this dream was a "repression to an obscure obviously sexual desire". Well, I do admire Freud and what he did for the field of psychology, but that example really does seem to be stretching the sex card a bit to far.

Freud has often bee accused of being overly obsessed with sex and after reading Dream Psychology I can definitely see why this is the case. While he does raise and discuss several interesting theories about dreams in general, eventually for Freud, they almost all come down to sex. He actually discussed a dream he himself had as a seven year old boy in which his "beloved mother" dies and states that this dream was a "repression to an obscure obviously sexual desire". Well, I do admire Freud and what he did for the field of psychology, but that example really does seem to be stretching the sex card a bit to far.

A versão para leigos do livro clássico (pelo que entendi) é um texto razoavelmente curto e acessível em que Freud relata ter descoberto na interpretação de sonhos a via para o inconsciente, apresentando noções importantes para a psicologia posterior como o próprio inconsciente entendido como um processo primário, com a consciência como processo secundário e as censuras e jogos entre ambos, envolvendo recalques, expressões disfarçadas de desejos nos sonhos, passando por uma pequena glosa sobre neuroses e casos clínicos, e comparando seus achados com o estado da psicologia da época e outras abordagens. No todo um livro que seria muito mais interessante (e porque Freud é um ótimo escritor), não fossem os exemplos de show more sonhos desinteressantes, muitas vezes restritos a ocorrências meio banais do próprio autor, a fim de não comprometer seus pacientes ou mesmo a si mesmo com relatos de maior interesse... show less

This was a great read. Although Freud's theories are not science, it is a good experience to permeate yourself in delving into his world, his ideas, and his conceptualizations of psychology and psychiatry. There are patterns here, but also information that gives you insight if you delve deep enough into the text. This book is definitely worth reading for Freud, psychology, or psychiatry enthusiasts.

I am not a fan of Freud (overly sexualizing everything, general pseudoscience), but dreams are interesting on their own. There was a bit of insanity here, and some common sense (which might just be widely accepted forms of Freud's ideas, since it's been a century...), and a few things I hadn't thought of which seemed interesting. Overall, still not worth reading, but not horribly unentertaining.

Terrible! Would not recommend. Started as an interesting analysis but turned into pages and pages of obsessive sex-dream connections.

Dream Psychology is by famous and controversial psychologist, Sigmund Freud. In this book he gives an in depth analysis about dreams and theorizes the meanings behind them.

This would be a good book for a psychology high school class because it analyzes something that is interesting and that all students can relate to. It would spark many questions and debates that could be beneficial towards generating discussions and different perspectives among students.