freud-psychoanalysis
Why You Keep Repeating the Same Patterns (And How to Stop)
Why do you keep ending up in the same argument, the same relationship, the same place you swore you'd left? Freud called it the repetition compulsion — t...
Investigative documentary deep-dives into verified historical psychology.
Unconscious Pages
Unconscious Pages is an educational resource exploring Freud, Jung, psychoanalytic concepts, and historical psychology archives through original scripts and documentary research.
Episodes
freud-basics
Why Part of You Wants, and Part Won’t
Part of you wants it, part of you refuses, and part of you judges both. Freud mapped that inner tug-of-war over a century ago as the id, ego, and supereg...
psychoanalysis-basics
The Unconscious Mind: 90% of Your Brain Is Working in Secret
You make decisions every day that your conscious mind can't explain. Freud's most radical claim is that most of your mental life runs in secret, out of s...
defense-mechanisms
Why You Do It Without Knowing
Your mind protects you from overwhelming feelings with moves you never consciously chose — repression, denial, projection, and more. Freud called them de...
freud-defense-mechanisms
Freud’s Secret for Taming Dark Impulses
The mind doesn't eliminate difficult impulses — Freud said it can transform them. Sublimation channels aggression, grief, and restless intensity into wor...
freud-psychoanalysis
Why You Can't Stop Repeating the Same Painful Patterns
Freud's Beyond the Pleasure Principle asks why people re-enact painful experiences instead of avoiding them. This episode explores his answer: repetition...
jungian-psychology
Jung's Persona: The Mask Between You and Others
Carl Jung borrowed the word "persona" from the masks actors wore in classical theater, and he chose it deliberately: the social self is a face you put on...