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Oct 2023
7m 35s

Subconscious vs. Unconscious

Alina | Psychodynamic Psychology
About this episode

Do we say "subconscious" or "unconscious"? Is there a difference? And is that difference important? Let me introduce you to my psychodynamic pet peeve and help you never sound psychodynamically-naive again.

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Resources mentioned:

- Sigmund Freud: General Psychological Theory: Papers on Metapsychology, Chapter IV: The Unconscious (1915)

- Sigmund Freud: The Question of Lay Analysis (1926)

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