subconscious mind
Below awareness level
The subconscious mind is the part of mental activity occurring below conscious awareness—memories, impulses, and processes that influence behavior without deliberate thought.
Freud distinguished it from the unconscious, but in popular usage the terms blur together.
Her subconscious mind was working on the problem while she slept.
The phrase often appears in self-help contexts promising access to hidden mental powers.
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- primingMaking ready beforehand
- subliminal messageCommunication bypassing conscious awareness
- long-term memoryStored knowledge over time
tip of the tongue · imagination · cognitive bias · defense mechanism · procedural memory · dream analysis · suggestion · dream imagery · habit formation · sleep on it · lucid dreaming · repressed memories · Freud · archetypes · automatic writing · desires · intuition · inner voice
- inner explorationself-discovery, introspection, self-reflection, self-awareness, inner journey
- past livespast life regression, past life memories, karmic debt, soul journey, akashic records
- Hypnotismhypnosis, hypnotism, hypnotist, mesmerism, mesmerist
- lie detectionpolygraph, lie detector, polygraph test, polygraph tests, truth serum
- mind techniquesaffirmations, mantras, positive thinking, visualization, mental imagery
- New Thoughtaffirmation, affirmations, law of attraction, manifestation, positive thinking
subconscious mindconscious mind
Wakeful, deliberate mental activity
conscious awareness · awareness · reflective thinking · mindfulness · self-awareness
subconscious mindrational mind
analytical mind · executive function · logical thinking · reflective thinking · critical thinking
subconscious mindconscious mind
Wakeful, deliberate mental activity
ego · preconscious · superego · rational mind