12.This is still true today in many places.Doctors prefer to experiment on those parts of a man which they can see and examine.If you cut a man's head open you can see his brain.But you can't see his thoughts or ideas or dreams.In Freud's day few doctors were interested in these subjects.Freud wanted to know what makes us think and feel as we do.He wanted to know how our minds work,and he learned a lot from Charcot
12. This is still true today in many places. Doctors prefer to experiment on those parts of a man which they can see and examine. If you cut a man’s head open you can see his brain. But you can’t see his thoughts or ideas or dreams. In Freud’s day few doctors were interested in these subjects. Freud wanted to know what makes us think and feel as we do. He wanted to know how our minds work, and he learned a lot from Charcot
13.He returned to Vienna in 1886 and began work as a doctor in nerve diseases.He got married and,in order to support his wife,he began to receive more and more patients at their home.Most of the patients who came to see him were women.They were overexcited and anxious,sick in mind rather than in body.Medicine did not help them.Freud was full of sympathy but could do little to make them better
13. He returned to Vienna in 1886 and began work as a doctor in nerve diseases. He got married and, in order to support his wife, he began to receive more and more patients at their home. Most of the patients who came to see him were women. They were overexcited and anxious, sick in mind rather than in body. Medicine did not help them. Freud was full of sympathy but could do little to make them better
14.Then one day a friend,Dr Josef Breuer,came to see him.He told Freud about a girl he was looking after.The girl seemed to get better when she was allowed to talk about herself.Dr Breuer allowed her to talk at great length.She told him everything that came into her mind,whether it seemed important or not.And each time she talked to him she remembered more about her life as a little child. 15.Freud was excited when he heard this.Perhaps this was the way to help his patients.He began to try to cure his patients in the same way.He asked about the events of their early childhood.He urged them to talk about their own experiences and relationships. He himself said very little
14. Then one day a friend, Dr Josef Breuer, came to see him. He told Freud about a girl he was looking after. The girl seemed to get better when she was allowed to talk about herself. Dr Breuer allowed her to talk at great length. She told him everything that came into her mind, whether it seemed important or not. And each time she talked to him she remembered more about her life as a little child. 15. Freud was excited when he heard this. Perhaps this was the way to help his patients. He began to try to cure his patients in the same way. He asked about the events of their early childhood. He urged them to talk about their own experiences and relationships. He himself said very little
16.Often,as he listened,his patients relived occasions from their past life.They trembled with anger and fear,hate and love.They acted as though Freud was their father or mother or lover. 17.The doctor did not make any attempt to stop them.He let them speak as they wished.He himself remained calm and quietly accepted whatever they told him,the good things and the bad Sometimes,talking to him in this way seemed to relieve them of their pain. 18.One young woman who came to him couldn't drink anything. although she was very thirsty.She would hold a glass of water to her lips and then push it away.Something prevented her from drinking
16. Often, as he listened, his patients relived occasions from their past life. They trembled with anger and fear, hate and love. They acted as though Freud was their father or mother or lover. 17. The doctor did not make any attempt to stop them. He let them speak as they wished. He himself remained calm and quietly accepted whatever they told him, the good things and the bad. Sometimes, talking to him in this way seemed to relieve them of their pain. 18. One young woman who came to him couldn’t drink anything, although she was very thirsty. She would hold a glass of water to her lips and then push it away. Something prevented her from drinking
19.Freud discovered the reason for this.One day,as they were talking,the girl remembered having seen a dog drink from her nurse's glass._She hadn't told the nurse,whom she disliked.She had forgotten the whole experience.But suddenly this childhood memory returned to mind.When she had described it all to Dr Freud---the nurse,the dog,the glass of water---the girl was able to drink again. 20.Freud called this treatment the "talking cure".Later it was called psychoanalysis.When patients talked freely about the things that were troubling them they often felt better.They learned to control their fears.Perhaps this isn't so surprising.We all know how much it helps us if we tell our troubles to a friend
19. Freud discovered the reason for this. One day, as they were talking, the girl remembered having seen a dog drink from her nurse’s glass. She hadn’t told the nurse, whom she disliked. She had forgotten the whole experience. But suddenly this childhood memory returned to mind. When she had described it all to Dr Freud---the nurse, the dog, the glass of water---the girl was able to drink again. 20. Freud called this treatment the “talking cure”. Later it was called psychoanalysis. When patients talked freely about the things that were troubling them they often felt better. They learned to control their fears.Perhaps this isn’t so surprising. We all know how much it helps us if we tell our troubles to a friend