Psychoanalysis begins with events usually dismissed as accidental

Evidence

Freud recalls that the material upon which the psychoanalyst begins his work is constituted by bungled actions, slips of the tongue, and dreams- phenomena that are usually considered to be accidental, contingent (pufäl­ lig), or the pure result of chance (Zufall), and thus cannot be anticipated or T h e ” chance” actions w hich are n o w to be discussed . — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 1766

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Freud reduces external trauma to a trigger of preexisting internal conflict — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 1653; Acts can seem intentional yet lack conscious reason at the moment; A clumsy first encounter can permanently desensitize a woman

Broader Connections

• Acts can seem intentional yet lack conscious reason at the moment #expands (0.80)