As his anguish grew more and more intense by the mid 1890s, Freud turned to the therapy he had invented to help others to ease his own suffering. He subjected his tumultuous thoughts and feelings to ...

In 1897 Sigmund Freud began his famous course of self-analysis. He had already noticed that dreams played an important role in his analysis of neurotic and "hysterical" patients. As he encouraged them ...

The word “dream” is often used to convey longing or aspiration in a metaphorical sense: In your dreams. Dream on. A dream come true. But a dream can also serve as an avenue that enables us to achieve ...

It has been 100 years since Sigmund Freud published his renowned book, “The Interpretation of Dreams.” The University celebrated the anniversary this past weekend by hosting the “Interpretation of ...

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When Sigmund Freud’s “The Interpretation of Dreams” was first published in 1899, he initially believed it a flop — that it had failed to make any impact — and it took nearly a decade before a second ...

In the fall of 1899, Sigmund Freud published a book scientists reviled. “The Interpretation of Dreams” sold poorly. It was, as his biographer Peter Jay has noted, an “indefinable masterpiece” cobbling ...