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Special Revised Edition of "Freud's Chair" Released!

With the psychiatrist who analyzes the mind
A journey to discover my unconscious
“Lie down on the chair of the mind once in a lifetime.”

Could it be that there is another person living in my heart?
We don't take on challenges out of fear of failure, we stay up all night trying to become more perfect the harder it gets, and we fall in love with similar people every time, even though we know we'll get hurt.
Behind my actions, which I can't easily tell others about and which I don't even know why I did, there is an unconscious mind that controls me.
How can we discover the unconscious? What kind of me lives in my unconscious?

“The mind is like an iceberg.
Just as the saying goes, “A large block of ice floats with only a small part exposed above the water,” people have emotional problems that they cannot express out loud.
"Freud's Chair" is a lens that allows us to look into the depths of our minds, a book like an essay that easily explains the study of psychoanalysis.
If you follow the story in this book, you will see at a glance the map of the human mind.

Since its publication in 2009, "Freud's Chair" has been consistently loved by countless readers for over 15 years and is considered a "must-read first book for studying the mind."
This revised third edition includes a special appendix titled “Words of Psychoanalysts.”
Contains 50 quotes from great psychoanalysts, including Freud, Adler, Melanie Klein, Anna Freud, Heinz Kohut, and Lacan.
A vague first love lives in the preconscious, and an unrequited love lives in the unconscious.
What on earth is hidden in my heart?
As if lying in a comfortable chair and talking honestly to a psychoanalyst, I move deep within myself and meet a new me.

The difficulties we face in life cannot be fundamentally resolved with one-sided instructions, advice, "healing strategies," sympathy, or empathy alone.
There are many foods around us that are easy to eat, but well-prepared, seasoned, and aged foods are essential for maintaining good health.
To effectively deal with the world of the mind, dominated by the unconscious and conflict, requires a fundamental approach that allows us to cultivate, mature, and refine ourselves over time.
I think the representative of that approach is psychoanalysis.
---From the author's preface to the revised edition

Psychoanalysis is a very long and intensive process that requires at least four sessions a week, each lasting at least 45 minutes, for several years.
The reason we have to go through this process is because the desire to change and the desire not to change always live together in our hearts.
These two minds are like two bulls of equal strength in a bullfight, clashing their heads together, going nowhere but spinning around in circles, bleeding.
Everyone says, “I want to change.”
But it is not easy for people to change.

---From "Feeling the Temperature of My Heart"

Humans are ultimately emotional animals.
The more rational a person believes himself to be, the more problems he has in his heart.
The mind, like the body, needs treatment.
In order to treat, we need to look closely at what is causing the pain.
Psychoanalysis is a precious lens that allows us to enlarge and look inside the mind.
---From "Looking into the Hidden Me"

Sometimes I just repeat certain actions.
It moves automatically.
No matter how much I think about it, I can't figure out why.
They even do things that are obviously detrimental to their own health.
That's how the power of the unconscious works.
Unlike things we do consciously, it is difficult to know the reason for actions we repeat unconsciously.
Freud called this phenomenon repetition compulsion.
---From "What Desire Moves Us"

When we use defense mechanisms too often and they become ingrained within us, they begin to obscure the truth of our hearts.
And it shows up as a symptom.
To know the truth of my heart, I must know what I am defending.
I have no choice but to take a good look at the defense mechanisms that are evident in my actions, attitudes, and personality.
Only then can I live the life I truly want.
---From "Everyone Has a Security Room in Their Heart"

The greater the desire to achieve, the deeper the frustration.
If you feel frustrated, think about it not because the obstacles are too big, but because you desperately wanted it.
This is what it means to look into my unconscious.
---From "Just Standing at a New Station"

The less capable a person is of being alone, the more passionate love he or she desires.
Because you can rely on love.
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Static love is a kind of addiction.
The reason we call it addiction is because, although we want the shape of love to become more passionate as time goes by, love actually develops a 'tolerance' that goes in the opposite direction, and when the relationship becomes distant, we suffer from 'withdrawal symptoms'.
---From "The Sweetest Unconsciousness, Love"

Psychoanalysts help the analysand's vulnerable ego grow safely and without being hurt.
I try to listen calmly to what he has to say without criticizing or taking sides.
Always remember the 'inclusive environment' when dealing with yourself and others.
The unconscious shows its face to us only in such an environment.
An 'inclusive environment' is the first step toward removing the 'personality armor' and rediscovering the freedom of the 'true self'.
---From "Don't Lie Even to Yourself"

We live trapped in a subjective world.
Our minds are squirrels in a box.
A squirrel trapped in a box spends its time eating the food provided and spinning its wheel countless times, rather than thinking about going out into the wide world that lies right next to it.
The past does not change.
But you can change your perspective on the past.
---From "Please Release My Trapped Heart"

To effectively manage your emotions, before expressing them, you must first identify the emotion you are feeling at that moment, think about why you feel that way, figure it out, and try to understand its meaning.
‘Emotional management’ is very important for a smooth social life.
I believe that we can become better at this type of 'emotional management' through studying the mind through psychoanalysis.

---From "Conversations with a Psychoanalyst"