Essays on Psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud is mostly associated with the psychoanalytic theory of personality in which he predicted that an individual’s personality develops through a number of stages and each of these stages is underpinned by some internal conflicts. The theory makes a basic presumption that human behavior…

Psychoanalytic Lens Death of a Salesman is the epitome of the American Dream gone wrong. Willy Loman is the average family salesman whose life spirals out of control. We are able to see all of Willy’s flaws throughout the frequent flashbacks shown in Arthur Miller’s…

Bad dreams and Islam According to Freud and psychoanalysis, the reason of your nightmares should be hidden in your subconscious or in your childhood. However, I’m not a Freud’s follower, therefore I won’t write here about that. Nightmares have many triggers. Probably you are not…

What the majority of us would consider to be rational, expected, and proper behavior may not be so intuitive to someone who suffers from psychopathy. When we consider the building blocks of what our moral stances are, there are often rational reasons behind many of…

Near death experience is a horrible or sometimes great experience that changes peoples’ lives after going through it. The term “Near Death Experience” was first formulated by a psychiatrist called Raymond Moody in his book Life after life. In recent years, psychiatrist Bruce Greyson is…