Sigmund Freud proposed that his patients disorder resulted most often from psychological conflicts related to sex.
Sigmund Freud proposed that his patients' disorders resulted most often from psychological conflicts related to unconscious desires and unresolved childhood experiences. He believed that these conflicts could manifest as symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and other forms of mental distress. Freud's psychoanalytic theory focused on exploring and resolving these underlying conflicts through techniques such as free association and dream analysis.