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Racer
USA
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 Posted - 12/21/2012 : 05:48:04
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While reading Dr. Sarno's book, the following statement from him seem to quote Freud's view of mental iceberg.
"The human mind is something like an iceberg - the part that we are aware of, the conscious mind, represents a very small part of the total."
When I looked at the image (from the link below) of the mental ice-berg, I could see only negative emotions at the unconscious level.
http://ozini.com/?p=12861
If this is supposed to be a "baselined" view, which is making me ask a question - don't we have not a single good emotion present in the unconscious level, full of bad and negative only?
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Edited by - Racer on 12/21/2012 06:49:14 |
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pspa123
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Posted - 12/21/2012 : 07:58:59
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According to this article, and others I have looked through, Freud DENIED the existence of unconscious "emotions." I am not sure how much of this is semantics as it was hard for me to follow. But a number of people make the same observation, saying that according to Freud memories get repressed, but that the unconscious does not have emotions. Kinda confusing.
http://www.lacanonline.com/index/2010/05/reading-the-unconscious/ |
Edited by - pspa123 on 12/21/2012 08:04:44 |
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Peregrinus
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Posted - 12/21/2012 : 09:46:41
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Racer:
Your unconscious does generate emotions in response to certain events or situations. Not all of these emotions are “bad”. Smelling a hot apple pie may be enjoyable to you because it unconsciously reminds you of your grandmother. You may jump to aid someone who just fell without thinking about what you are doing. You unconsciously value health and well being and your empathetic response was a result. There are a lot of good things in your unconscious. Just because you find something on the internet doesn’t mean it has any validity.
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Emotions in unconscious level
