Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud was one of the most important thinkers of the modern world. He changed the way people understood the human mind. He gave new ideas about dreams, desires, and emotions. His work started a new way of studying psychology, which is known as psychoanalysis. Early Life and Education Sigmund Freud was born on 6 May 1856 in Freiberg, which is now in the Czech Republic. His family moved to Vienna when he was a child. He studied medicine at the University of Vienna. He became interested in the human brain and the treatment of mental illness. He began to study how thoughts and feelings could shape behavior. The Birth of Psychoanalysis Freud believed that the human mind was divided into the conscious and the unconscious. He said that many of our thoughts and actions come from hidden desires and memories. He created psychoanalysis as a way to understand and treat these hidden thoughts. He used methods like free association, where patients spoke freely about their thoughts, and dr...