As his anguish grew more and more intense by the mid 1890s, Freud turned to the therapy he had invented to help others to ease his own suffering. He subjected his tumultuous thoughts and feelings to ...

In 1897 Sigmund Freud began his famous course of self-analysis. He had already noticed that dreams played an important role in his analysis of neurotic and "hysterical" patients. As he encouraged them ...

A century ago, Sigmund Freud, in the spirit of scientific inquiry and after years of research as a neurologist, published The Interpretation of Dreams. The book began his exploration of the mind and ...

The word “dream” is often used to convey longing or aspiration in a metaphorical sense: In your dreams. Dream on. A dream come true. But a dream can also serve as an avenue that enables us to achieve ...

In the fall of 1899, Sigmund Freud published a book scientists reviled. “The Interpretation of Dreams” sold poorly. It was, as his biographer Peter Jay has noted, an “indefinable masterpiece” cobbling ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. When Sigmund Freud’s ‘The Interpretation of Dreams’ was first published ...