History UsefulNotes / SigmundFreud

Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939) was an [[HerrDoktor Austrian neurologist]] who is credited by many as the Father of SingleIssuePsychology. He is well known for the psychoanalytical method (which pretty much defined HollywoodPsych and to an extent modern day psychotherapy), his study of the Unconscious Mind and the mechanism of repression, while contributing to the popularization of the idea that childhood experiences shape the individual. [[{{Flanderization}} He is, however, most infamous]] for his overemphasis on the sex drive and the OedipusComplex. Some of Freud's early stuff, which was basically drawn from his treatment of patients suffering from hysteria, suggested that you could cure people's psychological trauma [[DarkAndTroubledPast by delving into their memories]]. Unfortunately, he got too dogmatic with it, and between his more dogmatic followers and those who only bothered to read his early writings, this trope got well-lodged into the zeitgeist and has been extensively mined ever since.

Unlike some noted men of his era, Freud left a veritable gaggle of descendants and relations. The most notable were probably his daughter Anna Freud, a famous psychologist in her own right who greatly expanded upon his original theories, his grandson Lucian Freud, regarded as one of the greatest British painters of the 20th Century, also his American double-nephew[[note]]Son of Freud's sister Anna and brother-in-law Ely[[/note]] Edward Bernays, who invented modern public relations and the American bacon-and-eggs breakfast based on his uncle's ideas. Some of Freud's relatives could not emigrate from Austria and perished in the concentration camps.

Also see UsefulNotes/CarlJung, Freud's one-time apprentice[=/=] contemporary [=/=]main competition.

-> ''"A man like me cannot live without a hobby-horse, a consuming passion--in Friedrich Schiller's words a tyrant. I have found my tyrant, and in his service I know no limits. My tyrant is psychology. It has always been my distant, beckoning goal and now since I have hit upon the neuroses, it has come so much the nearer."''
-->-- Sigmund Freud.

!!Sigmund Freud [[TropeNamers named]] or [[TropeCodifier codified these tropes]]:

* ''Film/ADangerousMethod'' depicts his feud with UsefulNotes/CarlJung. Portrayed by Creator/ViggoMortensen.

Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939) was an [[HerrDoktor Austrian neurologist]] who is credited by many as the Father of SingleIssuePsychology. He is well known for the psychoanalytical method (which pretty much defined HollywoodPsych and to an extent modern day psychotherapy), his study of the Unconscious Mind and the mechanism of repression, while contributing to the popularization of the idea that childhood experiences shape the individual. [[{{Flanderization}} He is, however, most infamous]] for [[FreudWasRight his overemphasis on the sex drive]] and the OedipusComplex. Some of Freud's early stuff, which was basically drawn from his treatment of patients suffering from hysteria, suggested that you could cure people's psychological trauma [[DarkAndTroubledPast by delving into their memories]]. Unfortunately, he got too dogmatic with it, and between his more dogmatic followers and those who only bothered to read his early writings, this trope got well-lodged into the zeitgeist and has been extensively mined ever since.

* FreudWasRight [[invoked]]

* Appears in a DreamSequence of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' to confirm a diagnosis, and then proceeds to [[FreudWasRight hop in bed]] with Series/{{Frasier}}.

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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an [[HerrDoktor Austrian neurologist]] who is credited by many as the Father of SingleIssuePsychology. He is well known for the psychoanalytical method (which pretty much defined HollywoodPsych and to an extent modern day psychotherapy), his study of the Unconscious Mind and the mechanism of repression, while contributing to the popularization of the idea that childhood experiences shape the individual. [[{{Flanderization}} He is, however, most infamous]] for [[FreudWasRight his overemphasis on the sex drive]] and the OedipusComplex. Some of Freud's early stuff, which was basically drawn from his treatment of patients suffering from hysteria, suggested that you could cure people's psychological trauma [[DarkAndTroubledPast by delving into their memories]]. Unfortunately, he got too dogmatic with it, and between his more dogmatic followers and those who only bothered to read his early writings, this trope got well-lodged into the zeitgeist and has been extensively mined ever since.

'''Sigmund Freud''' (1856-1939) was an [[HerrDoktor Austrian neurologist]] who is credited by many as the Father of SingleIssuePsychology. He is well known for the psychoanalytical method (which pretty much defined HollywoodPsych and to an extent modern day psychotherapy), his study of the Unconscious Mind and the mechanism of repression, while contributing to the popularization of the idea that childhood experiences shape the individual. [[{{Flanderization}} He is, however, most infamous]] for [[FreudWasRight his overemphasis on the sex drive]] and the OedipusComplex. Some of Freud's early stuff, which was basically drawn from his treatment of patients suffering from hysteria, suggested that you could cure people's psychological trauma [[DarkAndTroubledPast by delving into their memories]]. Unfortunately, he got too dogmatic with it, and between his more dogmatic followers and those who only bothered to read his early writings, this trope got well-lodged into the zeitgeist and has been extensively mined ever since.

-> ''"A man like me cannot live without a hobby-horse, a consuming passion--in Creator/FriedrichSchiller's words a tyrant. I have found my tyrant, and in his service I know no limits. My tyrant is psychology. It has always been my distant, beckoning goal and now since I have hit upon the neuroses, it has come so much the nearer."''

Also see UsefulNotes/CarlJung, Freud's one-time apprentice[=/=]main competition.

* The play ''[[http://www.nytimes.com/theater/show/24922/Freud-s-Last-Session/overview Freud's Last Session]]'' is basically Freud and CSLewis arguing about death and the existence of God on the day that England entered WorldWarII.

--> ''"A man like me cannot live without a hobby-horse, a consuming passion--in Creator/FriedrichSchiller's words a tyrant. I have found my tyrant, and in his service I know no limits. My tyrant is psychology. It has always been my distant, beckoning goal and now since I have hit upon the neuroses, it has come so much the nearer."''

--> ''"Flawed as it may be, Freud’s is still a coherent and intellectually satisfying view of the mind. You can’t have a meaningful science of the brain without having a meaningful science of the mind."''

* ''Film/ADangerousMethod'' depicts his feud with CarlJung. Portrayed by Creator/ViggoMortensen.

--> ''"A man like me cannot live without a hobby-horse, a consuming passion--in Schiller's words a tyrant. I have found my tyrant, and in his service I know no limits. My tyrant is psychology. It has always been my distant, beckoning goal and now since I have hit upon the neuroses, it has come so much the nearer."''

Also see CarlJung, Freud's one-time apprentice[=/=]main competition.

* Appears in a DreamSequence of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' to confirm a diagnosis, and then proceeds to [[FreudWasRight hop in bed]] with Frasier.
* The central character of Creator/JohnHuston's biopic ''FreudTheSecretPassion''. Portrayed by MontgomeryClift.

SigmundFreud (1856-1939) was an [[HerrDoktor Austrian neurologist]] who is credited by many as the Father of SingleIssuePsychology. He is well known for the psychoanalytical method (which pretty much defined HollywoodPsych and to an extent modern day psychotherapy), his study of the Unconscious Mind and the mechanism of repression, while contributing to the popularization of the idea that childhood experiences shape the individual. [[{{Flanderization}} He is, however, most infamous]] for [[FreudWasRight his overemphasis on the sex drive]] and the OedipusComplex. Some of Freud's early stuff, which was basically drawn from his treatment of patients suffering from hysteria, suggested that you could cure people's psychological trauma [[DarkAndTroubledPast by delving into their memories]]. Unfortunately, he got too dogmatic with it, and between his more dogmatic followers and those who only bothered to read his early writings, this trope got well-lodged into the zeitgeist and has been extensively mined ever since.

* The play ''Freud's Last Session'' is basically Freud and CSLewis arguing about the existence of God on the day that England entered WorldWarII.

Unlike some noted men of his era, Freud left a veritable gaggle of descendants and relations. The most notable were probably his daughter Anna Freud, a famous psychologist in her own right who greatly expanded upon his original theories, his grandson Lucian Freud, regarded as one of the greatest British painters of the 20th Century, also his American double-nephew[[note]]Son of Freud's sister Anna and brother-in-law Ely[[/note]] Edward Bernays, who invented modern public relations and the American bacon-and-eggs breakfast based on his uncle's ideas.

-> ''"A man like me cannot live without a hobby-horse, a consuming passion--in Schiller's words a tyrant. I have found my tyrant, and in his service I know no limits. My tyrant is psychology. It has always been my distant, beckoning goal and now since I have hit upon the neuroses, it has come so much the nearer."''

Unlike some noted men of his era, Freud left a veritable gaggle of descendants and relations. The most notable were probably his daughter Anna Freud, a famous psychologist in her own right who greatly expanded upon his original theories, his grandson Lucian, a British painter, and his American double-nephew[[note]]Son of Freud's sister Anna and brother-in-law Ely[[/note]] Edward Bernays, who invented modern public relations and the American bacon-and-eggs breakfast based on his uncle's ideas.

Unlike some noted men of his era, Freud left a veritable gaggle of descendants and relations. The most notable were probably his grandson Lucian, a British painter, and his American double-nephew[[note]]Son of Freud's sister Anna and brother-in-law Ely[[/note]] Edward Bernays, who invented modern public relations and the American bacon-and-eggs breakfast based on his uncle's ideas.

Unlike some noted men of his era, Freud left a veritable gaggle of descendants and relations. The most notable were probably his grandson Lucian, a British painter, and his American double-nephew[[note]]Son of Freud's sister Anna and brother-in-law Ely[[/note]] Edward Bernays, who invented modern public relations and the American bacon-and-eggs breakfast based on his uncle's ideas. Also see CarlJung, Freud's one-time apprentice[=/=]main competition.

Unlike some noted men of his era, Freud left a veritable gaggle of descendants and relations. The most notable were probably his grandson Lucian, a British painter, and his American double-nephew[[note]]Son of Freud's sister Anna and brother-in-law Ely[[/note]] Edward Bernays, who invented modern public relations and the American bacon-and-eggs breakfast based on his uncle's ideas.

* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven-Per-Cent_Solution The Seven-Per-Cent Solution]]'' (by Nicholas Meyer) is a novel whose premise is a {{Retcon}} of the Literature/SherlockHolmes story "The Final Problem", in which Holmes is cured of his cocaine addiction by Siglund Freud. In the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven-Per-Cent_Solution_%28film%29 movie adaptation]], Freud is played by Alan Arkin.

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