Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Let's explore Freudian psychology: its roots, what it says about the structure of personality and how people develop into adults, the therapeutic techniques, a couple case studies, and finally, WHY I THINK IT'S A BAD THEORY AND BAD SCIENCE.

Please keep in mind that when I'm talking about less-than-uber manly dads, gender identity (specifically boy or girl and if they have a penis or not), breastfeeding issues, etc. I'm doing this from inside the Freudian model (remember the teaching technique I mentioned). I do not agree with the Freudian, psychoanalytic approach. I do not like the explicit (or implicit) stances on a lot of issues. But I feel its important to talk about this theory so people can understand it, see some of the (IMO) darker parts of it, so they can decide for themselves.

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Hot dog in face is Lindsay Ellis when she was Nostalgia Chick, youtube.com/channel/UCG1h-Wqjtwz7uUANw6gazRw
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Timestamps
0:00 Freud
4:03 Personality structure
10:31 Personality development
15:12 Oedipus
22:16 Fixations
26:47 Defense mechanisms
30:59 Psychoanalytic therapy
37:29 Case studies
44:44 Criticisms