The problem here is that the subconscious never sleeps. ... Your subconscious mind asserts itself in the dream and provides all sorts of reasons why this change should be avoided. ... What gain does the subconscious make from this? The simple answer is that there is no gain but the subconscious still retains control in the area, which was being addressed. The subconscious mind is being helpful as far as it is concerned and sees the reasons it provides for avoiding the change as valid. ...

• Word Count: 3112
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: High School

Victor's conscious behavior is clouded by his unconscious repressed desires, as he struggles with the Oedipus complex, defined as subconscious feelings in children of intense competition and even hatred toward the parent of the same sex, and feelings of romantic love toward the parent of the opposite sex, if these conflicting feelings are not successfully resolved, they contribute to neuroses in later life. ... Caroline's death serves as the catalyst for Victor to experience a psychotic break from reality and begin exploring his forbidden desires resulting from his arrested developme...

• Word Count: 2532
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" Often times, as Freud notes, I would attribute myself remembering incorrect names, instead of the correct ones, to a subconscious attempt to trigger the name in my memory, fishing it out of the cobwebs. ...

• Word Count: 4202
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate