This report will examine the "Wolf Man" case of Sigmund Freud published in his .
case histories along with other notable cases. Many of these cases work to directly .
emphasize themes that Freud carried throughout his work as one of the key, if not the .
key, pioneers of psychoanalysis. His concentration in this case is on the patient's fear of .
wolves and the way his childhood neuroses developed when the individual was an adult. .
This case shows many recurrent themes of explanation that come up in Freud's theories .
such as the castration complex and the ways in which psychoanalysts can interpret the .
dream states of patients when making a diagnosis or conducting treatment. The "Wolf .
Man" is a case in which the roots of the patient's anxious and neurotic condition are .
traced back to his childhood and the web of relationships he established at this time with .
his nanny, his father, his sister, and other important and representative personages in his .
life. Freud is not as explicit in this case about his theories on the id, the ego, and the .
superego as he is about theories of dream interpretation, castration anxiety, and taboo .
themes such as incest. The case therefore works to summarize many of the important .
aspects of Freud's theories, which still have resonance today, and even though many .
criticize Freud for taking an over-sexual and rather patriarchal attitude towards his .
personal expressions, there is still something to be learned from his theories. Therefore, .
this report will present a summary of the "Wolf Man" or "From the History of Infantile .
Neurosis" case, a look at the methods that were used in the case itself, and what appears .
to be the main idea to be derived.
Summary.
The case itself involves a man who is persecuted by neurosis and anxiety in his .
adult life. He is eighteen years old and is moving from the stage of adolescence to the .
stage of early adulthood, but he is still haunted by neuroses which appeared when he was .