Freud, like any psychological theorist, was most likely
influenced by his own life experience and development. His father was incredibly
authoritarian like many other men during the nineteenth century. His family did not
have a great deal of money and were forced to live in a crowded apartment. Regardless
of their limited resources, Freud's parents made every attempt to ensure that their
children were highly educated. Although Freud had several interests, his options were
severely limited because of his Jewish heritage. He earned his medical degree from the
University of Vienna at the age of 26, and served as a lecturer at the
college.
Freud's most prominant research and intellectual
developments occured in his early 40's when he was suffering from several psychosomatic
disorders along with exaggerated fears of dying and many other phobias. Furthermore, he
began to track his dreams and analyze their meaning as a method of gaining insight into
how his personality developed. Through the process of decoding his dreams and
reflecting on childhood memories, he discovered that he felt extreme hostility towards
his father and sexual feelings towards his mother. His development of psychoanalysis
proceeded from there.
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