In class, we talked about Freudian slips. This was the idea
that an individual has something they really want to say, and then eventually the
let it slip during a different conversation. Freud believed that people would
do that on purpose in order to finally be able to say what has been on their
mind, when it was really an accident. Another example would be a husband
breaking his wife’s favorite vase. He secretly hates his wife’s vase, and then
one day accidentally knocked it over. Freud would not view this things as
accidents. This idea is not supported today thankfully. I slipped at work one
night and told a coworker that I secretly hate something she does. It was a quick
response that was said before thinking. I never meant to say it out loud, but luckily
I was able to cover it up as a joke. If Freud’s theory would be something that
is believed today, my coworker would have thought I said that intentionally.
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