How did Freud see the unconscious coming out?

Answer 1

From a very basic explanation, he saw the unconscious manifesting through: dreams, parapraxis (more commonly referred to as freudian slips), and free association As far as dreams go, there is a widely common misconception about universal symbols. Freud originally believed this and thus focused his analysis. Later on in his career, he changed his theory from universal symbols to what the symbol means to you. According to Freud, it's what these symbols represent to you that reveals things about your unconscious. Parapraxis are examples of those hilarious/embarrassing moments when you accidently said a wrong word that sounded similar. Just think about a news broadcastor, politician, as well as yourself, I bet you could think of an example. Of course, the quintessential Freudian slip, saying "sex" instead of "six." Along with a multitude of other examples, these slips are further clues into the unconscious Finally, free association is when a therapist and client talk about a specific topic and the therapist encourages the client to talk about anything that comes to their mind no matter how weird or strange it may be. Literally just spouting of at the lips anything that comes into your mind. This can be surprisingly revealing, for example, the client has a mishap with their boss: "I got so upset today when my boss tried to give me all this additional work that was becky's work. He always thinks I'm just his work horse! I'm sick and tired of being unappreciated and my husband tells me to settle down and just get the work done. I wish my husband understood me! I don't think my husband loves me." This may seem like a caricature, but when emotions are raised and things are flying through your mind, often times surprising things (even to the client) are revealed. Now all of these sources considered, these are clues into the unconscious-they are not truths. It takes a therapist , with extensive knowledge of therapy and the clients life background, a long time to reveal the issues of person's unconscious. It are these issues that usually lead to difficulties in people's lives, once resolved, people can go on living relatively more mentally/emotionally stable lives.