Friday, August 17, 2007

Freudian slip

I came to know about this phenomenon in one of our team outings. I will try explaining the phenomenon to you. You might have observed that many people convey certain messages accidentally ( This is a specific case of the generally observed phenomenon - "The slip of tongue"). Although the person may deny that it was just a "slip of tongue" or unintentional that in fact is his or her true emotion or opinion (or could be a simple fact) , the semi-conscious release of the repressed truth ( or feeling or intention).

Ex: A person using some other lady's name to address his wife or girl friend reveals something about his promiscuous relationship with that lady. (Now this is just an example :))

So, after reading about the phenomenon, I hope U will pick the subtle clues or hints given by the people with whom U interact. ( Especially your kith and kin) .

2 comments:

aravindrao said...

nice title to the post :)
but i would be very cautious about the interpretations of these Freudian slips ...
for example: now that your sub-conscience is AWARE about how you interpret the slip-of-tongue, would your sub-conscience still behave the same way? would it still continue to express your true desires as a slip of tongue? or would it be affected by this your AWARENESS?

Kalpay said...

Yes of course subconscious will continue to work even if you are ware of this fact. The thing is it is beyond our consciousness. You put in a lot of conscious effort to suppress your thoughts and pretend and accidentally it gets released.