The psychosomatic element is illustrated by the case of Lucy R., a patient whose inability to acknowledge her romantic desire for her employer or to consciously accept his rejection was repressed into her unconscious mind, subsequently manifesting itself in unexplainable physical symptoms.
The Secret Psychological Core of Individuals
"Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody."
-- Mark Twain
Freudian psychological concepts portray human beings as manifesting one set of emotions and actions externally that, to a great degree, belie the true nature of the individual. In Freudian terms, almost all external human behavior is a manifestation of unconscious desires and impulses that are entirely unseen by others; in most cases, they remain equally unseen to the individual who has no conscious awareness of why he or she experiences certain impulses, desires, anger, or fear. In that regard, the average individual lives out externalized manifestations of frustrations and rage that were experienced in infancy and during other foundational periods of psychological development.
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