Studies in Hysteria

By Sigmund Freud, Joseph Breuer,

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The cornerstone of psychoanalysis,and legacy of the landmark Freud/Breuer collaboration,featuring the classic case of Anna O. and the evolution of the cathartic method, in the definitive Strachey translation. Re-packaged for the contemporary audience with what promises to be an unconventional foreword by Irvin Yalom, the novelist and psychiatrist who imagined…

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1 author picked Studies in Hysteria as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Why should I read a book written by two neurologists from the end of the 19th century? It is very simple. I love this book because it is the first description and extended explanation of female traumas.

The book answers very important questions. What is trauma? What is an ego? Does normality exist? What is pain? What is shame? What is desire? What is childhood? And the most important question of all, which this book answers, is: Can words heal?    

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