8. Unsatisfied Wishes and Sublimation - Square Circles Publishing

SOURCE 8: THE MIND AT MISCHIEF
and so, since the censor is the sum total of
all the critical, censorious, or
conscientious ideas and ideals of human
intellect, it is convenient to have a term to
express the functioning of this group of
mental activities which are at the bottom
of all psychic conflicts, just as it is
convenient to have the term will to use in
designating the summation of psychic
choice and decision.
FREUD AND PSYCHO-ANALYSIS
(Mitchell 25)
PSYCHOANALYSIS
[Compare M 25-26.]
[See 6:6.2, 7:0.6, 7:5.6, 7:5.12, 10:8.11, 24:4.11,
27:2.]
[Compare M 29-30.]
8:2.1 The word psychoanalysis has
come to be connected with Freud’s
concept of nervous disorders and
emotional upheavals, and while the
Freudian philosophy, at its foundation, is
not sound, in my opinion, nevertheless,
we are beholden to Freud for very much
that has been helpful in our concept of the
neuroses, and we are highly indebted to
him for the technique of psychoanalysis,
tho some of us prefer to use the term
“emotional analysis,” in view of the fact
that we do not agree with Freud’s
exclusive sex idea as to the origin of all
these nervous troubles.
8:2.2 The idea of repression, as
generally accepted by modern psychotherapists,
is that sooner or later, in the
career of a developing mind, unacceptable
wishes are destined to come up into
consciousness.
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