Freud!

Although we may not know it but we live in a freudion world. When we look all around, his theory which he was known for is expressed. The example used in the lecture was a bannana, according to freud is phallic symbol. Freud suggested that we are not controlled or in other words are rational, and therefore according to him sex is always involved.
Born in 1850 in Vienna Freud was a known by so many. He was a cocaine addict and extremely hard working on his research. Freud stated that he saw sex as a central motivational factor for our actions, even if we dont know about it. He discovered and talked about concepts that people want to admit. 'Penis is everywhere' as a phallic symbol and penis envy by women. As women dont have one they are instantly jelous of men. Freud believed that because women did not have a penis, they would think that they have been castrated. This therefore results in them loving their father and rejecting their mothers. Freud also talked about the idea of the UNCONSCIOUS. This has become his legacy.
The mind is divided into three parts where it conflicts 'fighting with ourselves'.
1. ID- (the unconcious) from birth, animal parts and instincts operates on the pleasure principle.
2.EGO OR SELF- reality principle, how to satisfy pleasures, origins of conciousness
3.SUPER EGO- internalised rules of parents or society- the policeman in your head.

These three points were freud legacy, his main research and theories.

Also looked at the five stages of development:
1. Oral stage (mouth premature weaning and could lead to problems, eating and smoking)
2. Anal (toliet training, compulsive cleaning)
3. Phallic phase (obsessed with the penis or lack of- women need of domination, the Oedipus complex)
4. Latency
5. Genitals

From all of these theories we come to what is known as REPRESSION, known as the battle between the ID, EGO and SUPEREGO. This is a defence mechanism and also a sublimation; turning sexual energy into something else. The displacement where you have shameful thoughts and then turn them into something/ someone else. Then the projection where you send feelings onto someone else.

Looking at Reich he believed the complete opposite, he believed that the unconcious forces in the mind were good and it was their supression by SOCIETY that effected people and made them dangerous. Reich thought that the underlining energy was sexuality and if this was released then human beings would flourish.