Unconscious Conflicts

Definition

Unconscious conflicts refer to unresolved issues, often from childhood, which operate outside conscious awareness but influence behavior and emotions.

Related terms

Freudian Slip: An unintentional error regarded as revealing subconscious feelings.

Repression:

The psychological attempt made by an individual to direct one's own desires and impulses toward pleasurable instincts by excluding them from one's consciousness.

Projection:

A defense mechanism where individuals attribute characteristics they find unacceptable in themselves to another person.