Numerous psychoanalytic myths devised by Freud are imbedded in our culture. Many people believe them as if they are facts. The id, ego, and superego are actual parts of the human psyche. A person's unconscious drives behavior more than his conscious mind chooses behavior. Dreams are keys to understanding the unconscious and thus the person.
Present behavior is determined by unresolved conflicts from childhood.
Many people are in denial because they have repressed unpleasant memories into the unconscious. Parents are to blame for most people's problems. People need insight into their past to make significant changes in thoughts, attitudes and actions. If I am to experience significant change, I must remember and re-experience painful incidents in my past. The first five years of life determine what a person will be like when he grows up.