psychoanalyzing
Couch-based mind-reading
Psychoanalyzing is examining someone's behavior, motives, or personality through a psychological lens—whether professionally or, more often, casually.
A therapist psychoanalyzes patients through formal treatment.
But the word usually describes amateur attempts to explain why someone acts as they do: Stop psychoanalyzing me—I just like the color blue.
Psychosexual attachment to mother
- libidoInnate erotic drive
- idUnconscious instinctual drives
- egoOne's self-image
- superegoMind's moral overseer
unconscious · repression · transference · defense mechanisms · projection · neurosis · psychosexual · oral stage
Upholstered seating furniture
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- therapistMental health practitioner
- patientAble to wait calmly
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
countertransference · resistance · breakthrough · insight · free association · interpretation · rapport · unconscious
Assigned meaning
- symbolsMarks conveying meaning
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
imagery · recurrent · nightmares · archetypes · repression · Jungian · oneiric · dreamwork
Functional mental disorder
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- depressionProlonged low state
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
phobia · obsession · compulsion · personality disorder · narcissism · borderline · trauma · complex
Scrutiny of one's thoughts
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- inner lifeOne's private mental world
self-discovery · self-understanding · soul-searching · self-inquiry · unconscious motives · hidden desires · childhood memories · defense mechanisms
Oedipus complex
Psychosexual attachment to mother
superego · unconscious · repression · transference · defense mechanisms · projection · neurosis · psychosexual · oral stage · anal stage
couch
Upholstered seating furniture
transference · countertransference · resistance · breakthrough · insight · free association · interpretation · rapport · unconscious · psychodynamic
interpretation
Assigned meaning
- symbolsMarks conveying meaning
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
unconscious · imagery · recurrent · nightmares · archetypes · repression · Jungian · oneiric · dreamwork · symbolism
neurosis
Functional mental disorder
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- depressionProlonged low state
hysteria · phobia · obsession · compulsion · personality disorder · narcissism · borderline · trauma · complex · symptom
self-examination
Scrutiny of one's thoughts
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
inner life · self-discovery · self-understanding · soul-searching · self-inquiry · unconscious motives · hidden desires · childhood memories · defense mechanisms · emotional insight
psychoanalyzingtaking at face value
Believing something as presented
accepting at face value · taking things literally · glossing over · stereotyping · pigeonholing
psychoanalyzingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · tuning out · overlooking · letting go · brushing off
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