How was Freud influenced by the Romantic Movement?

Answer 1

He wasn't; Sigmund Freud was an atheist intellectual scholar to the core. He was as fanatical about science, as Muslim terrorists are about destroying the United States. Sigmund Freud was one of those "reason" people; it was part of his fascination with the human brain. The reason Freud used symbolism and the things he is famous for to explain how the brain worked, was rooted largely in how the technology did not exist yet to properly analyze the brain. Freud once stated, that with 100 billion neurons and an unlimited number of connections, it would be impossible, for several centuries or now, several hundred years, to understand the brain without an abstract explanation.

Freud was well familiar with mathematics and the physics of his day; as a college student in the 1890's he lived in a time period of technological and scientific revolution. Romanticism, was not in Freud's mind at all. The main problem with using Physics, or any form of mathematics to explain the workings of the human mind, lies in trying to use any form of human reasoning, to try to explain God. See, consider the logistical numerical nightmare modern Physics is; you would have an even bigger nightmare, if you tried to explain the workings of the human brain. The only solution Freud himself could come up with, was to use abstraction, additionally, his Psychoanalysis was never meant to be a science in its own right, but rather another field of medicine. Freud meant his Psychoanalysis to be something akin to being a Chiropractor; before studying Psychology, Freud firmly believed you first had to be a doctor. Owing to this the answer is no; Freud was not influenced by the Romantic movement.

Answer 2

Freud was influenced by the Romantic Movement through its emphasis on the exploration of individual emotions, desires, and complexities of human nature. This influenced Freud's interest in the unconscious mind and the importance of understanding and exploring the inner world of the individual. Freud's work on psychoanalysis was inspired by the Romantic Movement's focus on introspection and self-exploration.