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Unconscious Thoughts

            "Is It Impossible to Have an Unconscious Thought".
             The article that I reviewed argued against the concept of an unconscious thought and the effect that it has on a person's normal and abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. The basis for this argument is that an unconscious thought has no way of being measured. There is a way to confirm that a person has a thought, but it can not demonstrate that the thought previously existed. Therefore, how can we prove that an unconscious thought exists or doesn't exist?.
             The writer of this article goes on to talk about our dreams and behaviors and the effect that our unconscious has on these. The writer decides that it is more the question of perceiving and unperceiving rather than unconscious thoughts.
             I found this article interesting because I have never come across this issue of whether or not there is a subconscious. I do agree with the point made by the writer that perception is key in this argument. For instance, the article talks about a dream that a male had about a wolf attacking a rabbit. The reason for this dream is concluded to be because of the violent and demeaning nature of his father (the wolf=father, the rabbit=client). You cannot say that the fact that the male's father was cruel was part of an unconscious thought that came out all of the sudden through a dream. The male knew that his father was cruel well before hand. Therefore it is taking notice to what your feelings and behaviors and the reasons that are reflected from them. This is not to say that there is no subconscious, we cannot prove that. But we can take a look at what has gone on around us and what our past is like before we decide that our unusual behavior are a reflection of an unconscious thought that has a meaning that we have no idea we had.
            


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