Freud without trauma: For you to understand, at once, the theories... - by Alexandre Carvalho

Failed act. Oedipus complex. It's my mother's fault. This is your unconscious acting. All these terms and expressions are on the lips of all mortals and guide many of our reflections and attitudes about life.

Sigmund Freud is one of the few thinkers and scientists with a strong presence in cultural manifestations, including the most popular ones. It could be: his discoveries placed human beings in front of the universe of mysteries of their unconscious – the part of the mind over which we have no control, but which determines our behaviors, anxieties, choices and the paths of our sexuality. But Freud's work also ended up being one of the favorites of amateur talk, the one that ends up frequenting "bar tables", producing a true "wireless telephone", by mixing, without much discernment, concepts such as: "repressed" , "denial", "penis envy".

But, the confusion ends here. Journalist Alexandre Carvalho delved deeply into the work of Sigmund Freud to simplify his main theories, presenting them clearly.