Freud Was Wrong

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Freud did contribute 2 important ideas:

  1. Much of our drive is unconscious
  2. Therapy can help

Other than this, Freud was largely wrong about the notions of sexual adjustment as the core of most human psychological problems:

https://medium.com/past-patterns/was-freud-right-8eb1f2948663#:~:text=Thus%2C%20it%20didn't%20take,to%20be%20skewed%20and%20inaccurate.

It's a great example of how bad science can easily last for a century - with most people still believing his BS today. This is almost as bad as the geocentric theory before Copernicus came around. - disclaimer: author takes all responsibility for bias.