Freud vs. Adler

There are many theories for dreams. One theory comes from the works of Sigmund Freud. He is considered to be the father of psychoanalysis, and crazy. He believed in the "Id", the "Ego", and the "Superego". The Id was centered around primal impulses, desires and pleasure whether they are sinful or not. The Ego was concerned with the conscious, basically the lower level of what we would now call our conscience. He believed the Superego was responsible for enforcing the moral codes of the Ego. Freud believed that the reason you cannot remember your dreams is because the superego is doing its job. Basically, it's protecting your awakening mind from your disturbing images and desires created by your subconscious (your "id"s).

Sigmund Freud had contrasting ideas to Alfred Adler. Adler believed basically what most people accept about dreams in today’s society. He believed that dreams had a direct correlation with the events that occurred in your awakening life. Freud believed that sexual impulse is the driving forces for your behavior. Adler believed that control, motivation, and power drive how you act. So basically, Adler didn't believe your actions could be controlled by your "ego", or your "superego".




Both men were prolific pioneers of psychoanalysis and early psychology.  Both had similar, although not identical beliefs that environmental forces such as biological and environmental conditions create limitations in the human "capacity to choose and to create". Freud focused on dream interpretation and or analysis and other abstract/symbolic concepts, while Adler concentrated on social relationships and behaviors.  The both believed in psychodynamic conflict.  This means that the different parts of the mind are constantly struggling against each other.  Also, they both thought that emotional motivation was key in order for you to even have a personality.

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