Sigmund Freud....

what can i really say about him? at one point i think he's a very strange, sexist, and just an dirty old man. but some of his studies (on little hans) does really shock me. towards the end his interpretations did make alot of sense to me. its so surprising how he gain so much from using his theories to cure a little boy.

throughout the discussion in class, many questions come to mind. how can freud interpret what little hans says?? like does those fantasies really symbolize the sexual drives, death-wishes, and phobias?
i was thinking that hans is just like ordinary boy where he loves his mom more because she took care of him, not because he wanted to sleep with her. and later as he grow up, his ego will develop (normally) and sooner or later little hans would recover from his fears.

nevertheless, freud brings up another side of psychology (more of a dark side view.) without him, we probably still believe in demonalogy. his studies may cause stirrups in his years, but it really create a concrete base to the study of psychoanalysis, psyhchosexual development, and so on.