Anna O Case Study
The Case of Anna O
Anna Letscher
Argosy University
Abstract
The Case of Anna O is about a woman in her mid-twenties that displayed strange symptoms affecting her nervous system, known as hysteria at the time. During the time that she experienced hysteria, she took her ill father’s care upon herself, despite finding herself growing extremely fond of him. When it comes to Anna’s behavior, Freud and Jung had some agreements and disagreements. Both Freud and Jung agreed that Anna’s subconscious played a role in the nervous system symptoms she displayed. When it came to how to treat her, this is where the Freud and Jung disagreed. The following text with compare the views of Freud and Jung regarding the treatment and diagnosis of …show more content…
Freud is considered the founder of modern day psychology by many, despite him not being a psychologist. One his main contributions to was that of the unconscious mind, mainly his bringing it to the attention of psychologists. Freud believed that the unconscious mind contains our basic biological needs such as sexual urges and aggression. He also believed it contained information that was significant as well as disturbing information which caused people to live out their lives as a drama. “Unconscious phenomena include repressed feelings, automatic skills, subliminal, perceptions, thoughts, habits, and automatic reactions, and possibly also complexes, hidden phobias and desires” (CommonLit, 2015). Per Freud, “the unconscious reveal themselves in a variety of ways, including dreams, and in slips of the tongue, now popularly known as 'Freudian slips': (McLeod, …show more content…
This proves Jung’s belief that the unconscious mind can be brought back voluntarily, but also Freud’s belief that the unconscious mind can be brought forward to the conscious mind. Jung also coined the term ‘personal unconscious’, meaning that the unconscious is personal. Jung believed that thoughts and memories were repressed in layers, the first layer being the personal unconscious. Although the unconscious is repressed in layers, they are all fully accessible. Jung also sketched a significant feature of the personal unconscious called a complex. “A complex is a collection of thoughts, feelings, attitudes and memories that focus on a single concept. The more elements attached to the complex, the greater its influence on the individual” (McLeod,
Anna Letscher
Argosy University
Abstract
The Case of Anna O is about a woman in her mid-twenties that displayed strange symptoms affecting her nervous system, known as hysteria at the time. During the time that she experienced hysteria, she took her ill father’s care upon herself, despite finding herself growing extremely fond of him. When it comes to Anna’s behavior, Freud and Jung had some agreements and disagreements. Both Freud and Jung agreed that Anna’s subconscious played a role in the nervous system symptoms she displayed. When it came to how to treat her, this is where the Freud and Jung disagreed. The following text with compare the views of Freud and Jung regarding the treatment and diagnosis of …show more content…
Freud is considered the founder of modern day psychology by many, despite him not being a psychologist. One his main contributions to was that of the unconscious mind, mainly his bringing it to the attention of psychologists. Freud believed that the unconscious mind contains our basic biological needs such as sexual urges and aggression. He also believed it contained information that was significant as well as disturbing information which caused people to live out their lives as a drama. “Unconscious phenomena include repressed feelings, automatic skills, subliminal, perceptions, thoughts, habits, and automatic reactions, and possibly also complexes, hidden phobias and desires” (CommonLit, 2015). Per Freud, “the unconscious reveal themselves in a variety of ways, including dreams, and in slips of the tongue, now popularly known as 'Freudian slips': (McLeod, …show more content…
This proves Jung’s belief that the unconscious mind can be brought back voluntarily, but also Freud’s belief that the unconscious mind can be brought forward to the conscious mind. Jung also coined the term ‘personal unconscious’, meaning that the unconscious is personal. Jung believed that thoughts and memories were repressed in layers, the first layer being the personal unconscious. Although the unconscious is repressed in layers, they are all fully accessible. Jung also sketched a significant feature of the personal unconscious called a complex. “A complex is a collection of thoughts, feelings, attitudes and memories that focus on a single concept. The more elements attached to the complex, the greater its influence on the individual” (McLeod,