2017 Personality 09: Freud and the Dynamic Unconscious

In this lecture, 9th in the 2017 series, I discuss some of the essential of Sigmund Freud's theories, concentrating on his conceptualizations of the dynamic (living) unconscious.
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You know a lecture is good when you wish it would go on for another hour.

[@fundeadwarrior]

the 2015 series if this module has a 2.5 hour version of the Freud lecture and the same for Jung.

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[@Garo10]

Notes to self : 5:00 formulating personalities 10:30 the effects of birth control pill 15:20 freuds unconscious 25:35 ego 28:40 ideas/ emotion 35:00 depression

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@@janzimmermann5861 the percentage of students who applaud and the intensity of those applause say a lot about the quality of the lecture. I once had a class who was taught by multiple teachers two of whom were married. The wife was a far better instructor and would get standing ovations the husband only got “polite” applause. Eventually she asked us to stop because the vast difference in the students evaluation of their ability was causing friction between them.

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[@YourNickIsTaken]

cheat sheet to myself: 00:20 why Freud is persona non grata 02:05 Freud about himself 02:53 unconsciousness mind / processes 06:23 behavior might not immediately accessible to your awareness 07:02 independent memory systems (procedures/imagination/semantic, ...?) 08:23 sexual and aggressive impulses 09:40 male and female distances 10:19 birth control pills give woman power 12:45 danger of sexuality 14:37 sexual repression 15:13 Freudian world / types of unconsciousness * conservative: Memory distortion, arguments, time slices, discipline... 21:42 * dissolutive: procedure memory, memorization 22:32 * creative: art, dreams (observation) 24:09 ideal of you are controlling unconscious - less integrated = less self-control + more unconscious controls you. 24:39 * mythopoetic: sex and aggressive 27:59 EGO Jean Piaget vs Freud 28:38 pathogen: Somatiker (physical) vs Psychiker (mental) 30:48 1st who thought conversation is the cure (for repression) 33:14 example for "Repression" / complex (boss comments you --> at home you freak out because of the trigger) 35:43 Defense Mechanism: repression / denial / reaction formation / displacement / identification / rationalization / intellectualization / sublimation / projection) 36:08 example for "Denial": losing your left / ability for diabetes 39:19 example for "Reaction Formation": hate your sister, but you act out like you really love her (overcompensation) 39:34 example for "Displacement" series of passing on the suffering to whom you have power over. 39:48 example for "identification": bullied becomes the bully 39:56 example for "rationalization": come up with explanation 40:12 example for "intellectualization": intelligent reasoning 40:25 example for "sublimation": press you suffering to something else that creates new thing 40:41 example for "projection": it's not me - it's you! 41:01 Neurotic Manifestation 44:45 Jokes 46:26 Dreams Jung: dream is clear Freud: dream is suppression

[@gamma3563]

Dang this is super useful and great. Thanks for this even though it was for yourself.

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Much appreciated

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Good articulation

[@deedlessdeity218]

Freud was a pioneer of a new field. Pioneers make mistakes. They have to. How could they not? They explore uncharted territory. They must get lost some times. Those who come after are not stuck in his tangled journey, they see it fresh and new from the outside, much easier to bicker away and add new elements to the make the shape more and more right. Of course they will have some better theories, they didn't need to come up with the base, there already was a seed.

[@sturmgewehr4471]

His Ideas were pseudo science

[@AlmostAeroGauge]

@@sturmgewehr4471 Brilliant retort. Copy the very same sentence that everybody is using to discredit someone else. Keep it up.

[@sturmgewehr4471]

@@AlmostAeroGauge true nonetheless also no need to get butthurt and salty its not a personal issue

[@AlmostAeroGauge]

@@sturmgewehr4471 True in your finite view on things. What is or isn't a personal issue to someone, is up to them, no one else.

[@sturmgewehr4471]

@@AlmostAeroGauge "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent" wittgenstein. this "finite" worldview puts men on moon yours created critical theory.however dont bother responding cause I wont continue disscussing scientific philosophical matters with someone who takes them personally

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46:00 about society going after the comedians gave me a chill

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I thought the same thing.

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[@ryan0348]

My favorite jbp lecture. Nobody talks positively of freud anymore.

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[@timestamp8743]

00:20 - Why Freud is not populair under psychologists 01:06 - Oedipus complex shortly 02:05 - Freud about his life 02:58 - Global introduction 08:22 - Why Freud was so focused on sexuality 15:14 - The different functions of unconscious 16:58 - Conservative function of the unconscious 19:08 - (the meaning of meaning) 20:09 - (the unconscious and studying) 21:39 - Dissolutive function of the unconscious 22:32 - Creative function of the unconscious 23:27 - Ego, ID 24:13 - Not being able to control the unconscious; OCD, Tourette, love 25:38 - Freud's and Piaget's take on the dynamic unconscious (anorexia example) 28:34 - Freud's reasons for mental disorders 30:38 - (Freud was the first person to think dialogue could be curative) 31:30 - Experiences and complexes 33:43 - Defence mechanisms 36:09 - (denial, diabetic example) 39:19 - (reaction formation) 39:34 - (displacement) 38:47 - (identification) 39:57 - (rationalization) 40:12 - (Intellectualization) 40:25 - (Sublimation) 40:43 - (Projection) 41:02 - Neurotic manifestations 41:36 - Hysteria 44:45 - Jokes 46:27 - Dreams

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Vincent Fi Oedipus*

[@theolineberry3960]

Yo thanks a lot man

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Wow you're a hero man!

[@ISREHL]

a Hero amongst men

[@apostolosfournaris1648]

Freud was not focused on sexuality and neither did the professor say he was

[@vervex]

Great lecture, as always. I highly relate to the parenthesis Peterson makes regarding female contraception and the pill. I was on the pill from age 16 to 21, and it's not until I stopped taking the pill that I realized how much it diminished my libido, as I finally awakened to my sexuality. Now, aged 28 and not relying on the pill any longer, I deeply appreciate that I can feel the natural cycles my body goes through, knowing exactly when I'm fertile and when I'm about to have my period, the highs and lows, trusting my body to regulate itself (which it does very well, like clockwork). My long-term relationship with a very laid-back, sexually repressed man, also deteriorated quite fast after I dropped the pill. I truly believe that it was because I was more in touch with my body that I was able to know myself better and allow an encounter with the wonderful man that has since become my husband. We have a wonderful relationship and sexual life. I would not recommend the pill to anyone unless absolutely necessary.

[@Lightnings]

Nofap lead to the same outcome for me as a Man, interestingly enough. All the stupid porn stuff fkd up my brain in the past - but I'm glad I'm recovering. I know that our cases can't be compared _technically_ but I'm convinced there are similarities in the outcome regarding hormone regulation. I feel so much more in touch with my body and the sense of clarity is real. The effects of addiction on Dopamine receptors alone are well documented. Many young men are addicted or at least have the habit of using this easily accessible pleasure button (or as Peterson calls it, superstimuli). From my personal experience, it had immensely powerful, destructive effects on my natural instincts as well as my spirit. All you guys out there reading this, consider what you're doing. It doesn't mean that you can't have a sex life, obviously. Sexuality is important - But you should share it with another person. Man was not made for himself alone, as Greek philosophy already had it early on. Pay attention and reflect critically. Don't be a slave to your deception and instant gratification. To finish this off with a quote by Socrates: "How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him."

[@Lightnings]

Pepper When a man consciously decides to stop masturbating, in order to gain self-control, resistance and strength, from which you can derive more pleasure from than instant gratification might ever provide. Long-lasting matters always win. Nofap is also possible for women though. Google is your friend for more information on the whole topic itself. I just meant to share my personal experience, just as you did :) Liked the part of "ruled by the moon", interestingly accurate. Have a healthy life.

[@Hexanitrobenzene]

@@Lightnings [I am a man] I have a dissenting opinion. I think the problems you described are related to how one does it, not that one does it at all. I'll use an analogy. Sexuality is like a river. It flows continuously, even in your sleep. If you put a dam in front of it, the flow will stop temporarily, but as the level rises, the water will eventually overflow, or, even worse, may find a way through a terrain it was not supposed to go. Then you may get paraphilia. For example, I think that's at least partly a reason why Catholic Church is plagued by scandals of pedophilia. The main problem is with the stimulus. I have read that pornography can reduce one's sensitivity as one drifts towards more and more hardcore material. Then a person would have a hard time getting aroused in a real life setting. It can also distort man's view of what sexual activities women find acceptable and increase the likelihood of a man treating a woman disrespectfully. I think the more is left to imagination, the better the stimulus is. By this criterion, erotic literature is the best. Finally, a good rule of thumb to evaluate material is this: if you imagine doing it with the woman you would consider having a lifelong relationship with, it's good. If you follow these two principles, you should be fine.

[@kengentry4602]

An excellent point that when comedians are pressured into silence about certain topics, things will go from bad to worse pretty soon. This is already happening in the US.

[@doridoris374]

What about 2021?.... Disgusting

[@xydex99]

'Leave the damn comedians alone.' - Jordan B Peterson

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What about if they get in your face?

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@@lindz151074 would you care to elaborate what you mean by that?

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When the lectures are only about an hour long, I wait for more to come out and listen to two or more back to back. One hour just isn't enough anymore D:

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Ry P His voice and his personality really add to these lectures.

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Dude, I know. One hour left me begging for more lol. I wanna hear more on Freud, why so short? :P . Another question: are we all who are addicted nerds? (Cause I know I am one. I've always obsessed over stuff like that, Nietszche fan, looking to do phd in neuro...)Or do the lectures OBSESS people from all walks of life?

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21:09 is when the dude at the front is just browsing facebook as well lol

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"just 1 more comment"

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[@delalias5754]

I couldn't believe someone summarised my life and in 48mins

[@meh3179]

That's right! Leave the damn comedians alone! It seems I'm late to the party as I am just waking up. There is a lot of truth to your views, thank you for making their roots available for inspection. God bless you, sir!

[@maurinarobinson3627]

my super ego tells me that I should be a billion times more situated in the world than I am as an adult. a learned trait most likely from a combinatuon of a tyranical father and a mother stuck in a state of inability to be self reliant. I've had to learn that trying to do everything at once is a good way to do nothing. you get half way through two jobs, school, a clean house, and driving school and you break down like I did and you accomplish nothing. aquirable goals are necessary and nothing to be ashamed of. also expressing emotion isn't just for children. you don't need to be perfect all the time and the house doesn't need to be either perfect or given up on. small steps are ok.

[@BASEDinMaine]

Mars Kickass there ya go, that's an important insight ive been integrating over the last couple years: break everything into 'small chunks' and focus on 1 or 2 tasks max. A classic book on this is How to Stop Worrying and Start Living... central practice is "living in day tight compartments" and learning to write things down the night before and prioritize only the most critical few tasks that will, in the words of Tim Ferriss, "render the rest irrelevant or make them easier". Don't focus on the secondary stuff. Good luck!

[@OMIMmusic]

Feel ya. Still in the process to try to not commit to doing 20 things at once and then not following through with any because I'm overwhelmed...

[@sombraarthur]

Focus has this name because it means that you can only understand one thing at any given time. Our brains pick up petabytes of information all the time, and it discards each one of them as it sees fit, or reduce the amount of information to a single thing, or a single word, such as "cold", or "bored", "tired". Given that, you CANNOT do two things at once, that are not somehow interconnected. You can speak and think, but cannot breathe and speak. Do one thing, finish, then move to another. Our bodies and phisiology are NOT prepared to do two things simultaneously. We are linear beings, so be linear. I don't know how much your parents are "at fault" for your behaviour, but I think that you are somehow pointing fingers at the wrong person... Anyway, clean your room first, then move from there to other stuff. :)

[@benhall1741]

More than that, small steps are the real way to ACTUAL progress. Happy for you that you've had some of these realizations 👍

[@DesignRhythm]

You know you're doing something right when your students applaud at the end of your lecture...can't recall that happening once during my undergrad.

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12,000 CAD a month salary for a tenured professor will buy you some nice blazers!

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20,000 a month on patreon too

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but why are his collars always popped? Is that a Canadian style I'm not aware of?

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Yeah, no, it's not a canadian thing. It's just his baller/pimp attitude and as a fellow canadian, i like that.

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This man wore a cape to a prison. He's a baller.

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If only I could absorb all of this information into my brain in one go.

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Even if a machine existed to do that, I'm not sure if the brain could handle it.

[@mathxnoob]

Most critics would not be able to finish these lectures. I really am thankful for introducing me to psychology. It sure was helpful when I was still at my lowest and is still helping me in my career in Engineering. :)

[@IntySSBM]

27:15 is the only time that I have ever heard this man misspeak, and that realization is pretty astounding. He's so articulate, it boggles my mind.

[@johnkan5619]

He didn't make a mistake... he just added side information. Try 30:10 instead.

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It’s truly mind blowing that we have the ability to sit in and listen to this man for free. He has truly changed my life.

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So cool to hear that so many people are enjoying this

[@LittleGirlJane21]

Thank you so much. I feel like I have to learn all this stuff to cure myself because there are no good enough psychologists around like you. One thing that calms me is that I notice all sorts of stuff like this in other people, so Im not the only one a bit insane/not well socialized/with some incorrect assumptions. Haven't figured it out yet too much. One thing I know for sure is that im far far away from the point I started. Even though im fighting stuff all the time inside and outside. Monsters i can attend to are bigger and bigger. Thank you.

[@entropy5157]

I'm too late.. but I would advise finding a psychiatrist!! Self diagnosis is not good for either physical or Mental problems.. You can sort some things out on your own but communication with someone who knows what's going on is always helpful. Get well soon!

[@LittleGirlJane21]

​@@entropy5157 Thaks, man. Im quite a bit better even on my own. Had rough times with my dad. Did you notice anything particular about my comment or just a general advice?

[@CoolCakesJack]

Thank you for posting this on your channel Mr. Peterson.

[@CodexKnife]

This might be my favorite lecture yet

[@richardnoll4003]

. I've been enjoying this series of lectures from Dr. Peterson's UofT Personality class as he has been posting them. I hope we all get to see Lecture 8, which is the second part of his two-part lecture on Jung.

[@444haluk]

I recently was reminded my memories of great pain of my previous work environment that I simply forgot because of the work change. When someone reminded me it all came back. Environment change helps people!

[@larsp3280]

Your lectures contain wisdom that is best consumed while exercising...for me at least. A 45 min run ... bone up on Freud ... a 2 hour walk ... change your whole life perspective with a crash course in Maps of Meaning! A continuing thanks for all your work, Dr JP.

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This chaos lecture series has literally been the best interpretation of life I’ve ever heard, the way you articulate and incorporate stories it leaves me no questions

[@Azerty42069]

This took me to the guts. And this IS F R E E TO WATCH, absolutely amazing time we live in. I'm delighted, thanks Mr Peterson

[@benjaminwatson4810]

An absolutely amazing mind. The thought that Jordan shares in his talks speaks wisdom that is so encouraging.

[@davidp4588]

You truly capture my imagination, professor. That was excellent lecture, thank you for posting it here. You're becoming quite the inspiration to me.

[@wiz7716]

His lecture are that amazing that I really every time got surprised that the video ends so quickly!

[@openmind9152]

Very deep Mr Peterson. Great job on all listener’s behalf.

[@mda037]

Fascinating conceptual layout. The applause at the end was a nice and appropriate touch.

[@ianhurst3702]

Love revisiting these. This series, Maps of Meaning, and Genesis are some of the most valuable lecture series that anyone could ever hear. Not a dad, but when I am, these will be required listening.

[@normbabbitt4325]

So great to hear Sigmund Freud and his ideas being given their due honor. Psychology, spirituality, philosophy have all suffered from at best ignoring Freud and at worst unthinkingly dismissing all his essential insights.

[@polaris7314]

Mr. Peterson it is amazing how you are able to create this endless flood of mental formulations and at the same time, you are still able to swim on the surface. And most listeners don't realize that you are suffocating all the time! You need love, much love because your heart needs to be healed. Please stop and take a deep breath, you deserve it.

[@Trascist]

It's a 3 year old video but if anyone sees this comment, *anyone* I recommend a book for you; The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson is an excellent read about how everyday disciplines build up over time for positive results. My boss told me to read it and it's actually very well written and built of valuable life lessons. Cheers, friends.

[@YouMineNL]

Hahaha I saw it man and i'll look into that thanks

[@hunterheffley3166]

This is just such a blessing. In a big way. Thank you.

[@gracekestler4116]

I'm not sure if this is just part of the Canadian politeness. But the fact that your students applaud you after your lectures really says something about your efforts.

[@sulista-consulting]

Love and respect from Czechia, amazing lectures! I am learning so much every day.

[@StepAheadDaily]

Your lectures have helped me navigate life with more purpose. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[@amandamcbride256]

Love you JP. I know Jung is your homeboy. Who could fault or not like Carl? But, I am so glad to hear you talk about Sig...my guy, with respect and in context of where psychology was (wasn't) during his time. His contributions cannot be overlooked!

[@jpPID]

I'm a simple man, I see Sigmund Freud I hit like. This lecture is absolute and unquestionable gold.

[@FlashyLight]

These lessons by Jordan Peterson are gold.

[@Richard1979hush]

@Jordan B Peterson i have trouble following everything you say. You explain so quickly and then move onto another (yet still relevant) point whereby my mind gets caught trying to understand at the same time as having it register in my memory but then my consciousness becomes aware of this which causes further distraction from what you are saying. i love listening to hear what you have to say, i only wish i could understand more of it.

[@d1psh1tc1ty]

I sympathise with you, and have experienced this with other intellectuals.

[@Sirkolakola]

great lecture

[@vedamaster7253]

studying for a psychology exam in theories of personality on my 2nd year with Peterson through YT. I feel blessed and honored.

[@abaronofchivalry5176]

Honestly. One of the best parts of these online lectures is the intro music!

[@damonwalsh3182]

I enjoy these lectures so much. Seriously makes me want to move to this school so I can take the lectures in person

[@father_mihai]

I think I’ve watched this video more than 4 times over the course of the past year, but for some reason it always feels like I’m watching it for the first time

[@voidofmisery4810]

JP is my 2nd favorite person to listen too, Richard Dawkins 1st. JP is very refreshing to hear, thank you for these videos!

[@monaqueeney6885]

Never want these lectures to end. Jordan unravels life’s mysteries that would have taken me ten lives or more to understand. Each lecture is a gift in wakefulness

[@neemabeglou925]

Thank you Jordan for all the lectures.

[@nss490]

Thank you Dr Peterson!

[@sanjanareddy56]

It's amazing that you become wiser when you realize how much it is that you DON'T know and understand! Thank you, Dr Peterson, for EVERYTHING! It's not an exaggeration to say that the people who LISTEN to Dr Peterson (without the specific need to do nothing but criticise) are much better equipped to really face life

[@FourApramanas]

When I was 24 I recalled a memory forgotten since I was about 10, prompted, I think, by parallels in the situations. The occasion when I was 10 was psychologically traumatic for me and triggered effects that plagued my life until I was about 21, but was forgotten in supersession by later events, some illuminative, some humdrum, some disturbing, etc - there was plenty that followed to occupy me. When I was 10, a verbal attack by a parent was a catalyst to my plunging into self-doubt and psychologically punitive self-judgement. Part of the invective included the words “There is something wrong with you!” When I weighed up the other part of the accusation levelled at me (my parents had been told by my form-teacher that I had “a social problem”: I had not been mixing with other children at playtime (though I got on OK with others), and accused me with some fury/anger of being “shy”, equated with “selfish”, as though this were effectively criminal) I could not agree inwardly with the diagnosis, but as they were older and I presumed wiser I thought that the reason I could not see it for myself was that there was something REALLY inherently wrong with me - I was born duff and irreparable! I could not ‘get out of that one’ and it sent me in a terrible spiral with some interesting (but at the time horrible) effects and subsequent after-effects. I had experienced some ‘wobbly’ events before, which I had been able to resolve, but this launched a cascade that I was unable satisfactorily to resolve. Some months on, feeling physiologically and psychologically distressed by repeated experience of being on the receiving end of criticism by parents and (directly or indirectly) teachers, I discovered and honed my fault-finding ability to silently get back them! Default of ‘taking adults as gods’ had died (in fact, it probably caught a terminal disease when I was 9 and facing another issue) but my new-found weapon had other perils:-) When I was 21, I learned to trust my own direct awareness, rather than my or others’ attachment-to-views and opinionatedness, and also not to buy into self-directed (or other) malevolence. Kinda fixed the problem of the basis for knowing and how to treat myself. However, when I was 24, and was a postulant in a religious seminary (Buddhist), the Prior (a compassionate and conscientious (i.e had a conscience) fellow who tried hard to do his job) very much misconstrued where I was coming from in my practice and began to accuse me on that account. Because I assumed he must know more than I, eventually I dropped what I thought I knew to start again with basics of practice, but it all turned up pretty much the same and as described in the paragraph above. Soon after this, I looked at my specific predicament with the Prior, how I was effectively conceding to him because I assumed he must know more than I, and wondered what to do about the conundrum. Then memory of my aged-10 and long-forgotten predicament spontaneously appeared; I was astonished; only this time I was able to look into it and see where I had gone wrong all those years ago. I remember comparing the situation to a con-trick where someone calls at the door and tries to persuade one to part with the family silver by telling one it is worthless: roughly, “You are too ignorant to know what is true for yourself, therefor you must give your ability to know for yourself over to me, renouncing your title to it, and bind your ability to know to my say.” The logical folly in this is, if one is really too ignorant, how would one know that the other person is right; and how is it that someone who denies ones ability to know would ask that one use this supposedly non-existent ability to know to decide that they are right? Of course, sometimes one is very wise to take direction, but the question here goes to basic awareness and direct experience, to ‘knowing for oneself whether something is hot or cold’ in terms of direct experiencing prior to conceptualism and verbalising. After this clarification, seeing no way to fix the continuing impasse with the Prior, I decided to leave. I do and did not believe the Prior was trying to assert dogma in place of direct experience (a very unBuddhist thing to do:-) For a couple of years I was gobsmacked, perplexed, saddened by his seemingly inexplicable misperception of me: how/why did it happen? Then I learned from a trusted source that he was not as realised, in Buddhist terms, as I had supposed; this was a surprise to me (given his position as Prior), but it certainly seemed to explain the matter, and I was relieved of perplexity over it.

[@antonyliberopoulos933]

Thank you Jordan. You offer invaluable wisdom and knowledge.

[@ignassiaulys9160]

the Bible also does

[@deanbrodrick1434]

Huge love and gratitude

[@samjensen4995]

When he said “peanut butter sandwich” I had to pause the lecture and go make a peanut butter sandwich...

[@Soulslayer612]

20:00 - 21:14 Never have I been so called out so completely down to almost my exact thoughts by someone who has never met me.

[@dustinbehnka4589]

I just finished the latest personality lecture and I still have another 6 hours to go at work. 2016 lectures, here I come!

[@thedownwarddoug6642]

Finished my psychology masters last week. Straight back into class with JBP. This doesn’t feel like school, this feels like arming yourself with knowledge for life.

[@swapnilsrivastava9832]

When the lecture was over but he said " How will we do this because I should tell you about the dreams " that's a marker of a teacher who genuinely cares .

[@marsirenas]

I'm not a psychoanalisis expert or one that really learn much about it. I mosty had develop on cognitic conduct aproach on psychology. But this information is just very mindblowing about the human mind and very usefull. It explains so much about basic things we all humans have in us and how we costruct reality. Is this should be the sumary basic of psychoalalisis. Greaty explain my Prof and Dr.Jordan B.Peterson. This is super usefull for my life too.

[@quintaliusc9618]

Thank you Dr this series is highly illuminating

[@muranchekevin1270]

This is a blessed man. You have really changed my life. Back on my track. What I was designed for. Greetings professor Peterson. Kenyans love you.

[@randygraham7966]

Are you in Kenya watching this? This world is amazing

[@mattmcneill6897]

Thank you Dr. Peterson

[@suntoyfull64]

The notion that we have fragmented parts of ourselves that can be almost autonomous is brilliant. I believe bringing the component parts together with a focus in life is the key ingrediant to psychological health.

[@yanlongfu8443]

so lucky to be recommended. Great vedio, thanks.

[@karensilver8853]

I listen to his lectures with an unseemly greed. I want more and he keeps giving more.

[@brennadickinson3562]

I read Freud's 'Interpretation of Dreams' when I was about nine-years-old. I took about a year to puzzle my way through it. I was particularly, involved in the case of the little girl who ate bluebells as a baby, and grew to have a reaction formation to the sight of bluebells, for no apparent reason. It was a repressed memory. I think Freud seemed obsessed with sex because the Victorians were repressed as a whole about sex primarily. We've moved on from there, to other repressions (anger, I think, mainly) nowadays, Trauma is still affecting us.

[@alexguerra9388]

Thank you for the free Education

[@joshslaughter6400]

Peterson is absolutely right. I've been told stories of my past I can't remember that I wish I could.

[@observerares132]

Such a good night tonight and this makes it better..

[@Ash-zh5yg]

This is a rare and special concept, I'm really happy you've covered this J-Bills. If you haven't written about sub personas you should.

[@flynner1997]

Thank you Dr. peterson

[@TheModernHermeticist]

I find your speculations on the birth control pill and its mind-altering effects most amusing (and plausible) when compared to anecdotes from personal experience.

[@stephencollins2604]

The Modern Hermeticist my girlfriend says the pill makes her crazy

[@messidona2011]

Same here, she says it makes her feel like a whole different person. And it should, it's basically altering the chemical balance that influences personality!

[@markboggs746]

Girls got the pill, the vote and the social state and now the "Family" is next... No wonder we get Milo!

[@tanyakashyap6944]

Insightful and powerful 😇

[@alexibrahim5118]

God I love listing to your lectures. Very well delivered. Honestly if I could pay for the classes I would but for now I will learn through the tube

[@holdenthomas1239]

you the real mvp, sir

[@margaretlawrence3385]

Fascinating..thank u so much

[@Silverback0302]

I can't watch these and not think how completely overwhelming to imagine what it would be like to answer essay questions on the final that this guy is going to read.

[@missydog2011]

Guy in the front row on Facebook 21:03 whilst Jordan is speaking of distractions whilst trying to study ...Funny

[@TRIGERHAPPY561]

Haha I caught that too

[@lindz151074]

He's a mess 😊

[@boshooda1941]

sort yourself out bucko. Only human

[@Aldo12891]

you getting distracted by the guy in the front row on Facebook 21:03 whilst Jordan is speaking of distractions whilst trying to study.. even funnier

[@jpelfrey325]

This guy is bringing humanity back to humanity

[@josiahcrew375]

This guys extraordinary

[@Cander617]

It's amazing I get to sit in his lectures for free!

[@zachmorgan6982]

Brilliant man

[@ErikLandvall]

23:00 I have more lucid dreams then not. I also believe my previous choices in life are reflected in my dreams. As such, I'm not just an observer, I control them to some extent.

[@timkinney8719]

Amazingly insight about Freud, to paraphrase, all that's left of Freud is his mistakes. It's easy to criticize him after we've already incorporated his work into the field to the point that it's hard to separate the two, and so all we're left with is are the pieces that we couldn't get to fit. I'm often guilty of criticizing Freud but this view made me reevaluate just how much of Freudian thought I take for granted, and cherry pick little bits of his philosophy in order to strawman him. I shall try to be a bit for aware of this from now on and pay him his due respect.

[@peacesamputh8251]

It stops, wow that's gold

[@florianwicher]

Very interesting material. I guess I have to look into Freud!

[@sudarshanbadoni6643]

The voice of great motivator professor of modern times is so powerful that me avoiding the videos for the " FEAR " of getting hypnotized. However title " dynamic unconscious " is great and is a drive without driver making accidents and then repentance is great because repentance is a virtue by the way. Now no one feeling that way is a question. THE MIND IS...COMPOSITE OF CONTRADICTORY DRIVES IS ESSENCE OF THIS TALK PERHAPS AS COUNTER ROTATION IS THERE IN EVERY ORBITAL AS SPIN ANTI SPIN KIND AND MIND IS DOING THAT IS GREAT UNION OF BEYOND NANO TO MACRO MANIFESTATIONS. thanks