The Psychopathology of Everyday Life

In the work “Psychopathology of Everyday Life,” Freud discusses the psychological mechanism of forgetfulness. Why do well-known lines of poetry drop out of memory or get replaced by new ones? By what principle do neighbors’ last names and street names suddenly get swapped for rhyming-sounding ones? How do childhood memories replace “similar” memories? In “On Dreaming,” Freud returns to one of his favorite topics: he analyzes and explains the symbolism of dreams.