
The Existential Moment—Existential Integrative: The Unconscious
In 19th-century Vienna, Sigmund Freud confronted a mystery that medicine couldn’t explain: patients with symptoms like paralysis and seizures, yet no physical cause. One case, Anna O., became a turning point. Her symptoms eased as she recounted long-buried, painful memories during “talking therapy,” revealing an astonishing insight: the mind held hidden forces influencing the body and behavior. Freud spoke then