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III GENERAL THEORY OF THE NEUROSES SIXTEENTH LECTURE GENERAL THEORY OF THE NEUROSES Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry IAM very glad to welcome you back to continue our discussions . I last lectured to you on the psychoanalytic treatment of errors and of the dream . To - day I should like to introduce you to an understanding of neurotic phenomena , which , as you soon will discover , have much in common with both of those topics . But I shall tell you in advance that I cannot leave you to take the same attitude toward me that you had before . At that time I was anxious to take no step without complete reference to your judgment . I discussed much with you , I listened to your objections , in short , I deferred to you and to your " normal common sense . " That is no longer possible , and for a very simple reason . As phenomena , the dream and errors were not strange to you . One might say that you had as much experience as I , or that you could easily acquire as much . But neuroses are foreign to you ; since you are not doctors yourselves you have had access to them only through what I have told you . Of what use is the best judgment if it is not supported by familiarity with the material in question ? Do not , however , understand this as an announcement of dogmatic lectures which demand your unconditional belief . That would be a gross misunderstanding . I do not wish to convince you . I am out to stimulate your interest and shake your prejudices . If , in consequence of not knowing the facts , you are not in a position to judge , neither should you believe nor condemn . Listen and allow yourselves to be influenced by what I tell you . One cannot be so easily convinced ; at least if he comes by convictions without effort , they soon prove to be valueless and unable to hold their own . He only has a right to conviction who has handled the same material for many years and who in so doing has gone through the same new and surprising experiences again and again . Why , in matters of intellect these lightning conversions , these momentary repulsions ? Do you not feel that a coup de foudre , that love at first sight , originates in quite a different field , namely , in that of the emotions ? We do not even demand that our patients should become convinced of and predisposed to psychoanalysis . When they do , they seem suspicious to us . The attitude we prefer in them is one of benevolent scepticism . Will you not also try to let the psychoanalytic conception develop in your mind beside the popular or " psychiatric " ? They will influence each other , mutually measure their strength , and some day work themselves into a decision on your part .
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