Conflicts

Definition

Conflicts refer to the inner struggles and tensions that arise between different desires, needs, or goals within an individual's mind. These conflicts can occur at both conscious and unconscious levels.

Related terms

Defense Mechanisms:

These are psychological strategies that individuals unconsciously use to cope with conflicts or reduce anxiety caused by conflicts.

Psychoanalysis:

A therapeutic approach developed by Sigmund Freud that aims to uncover unconscious conflicts through free association, dream analysis, and other techniques.

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According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, this is the component of personality driven by unconscious impulses and desires related to basic biological needs.