Freud for Beginners-Sophia

Freud for Beginners-Yenhui Liu
I’ve learned about Freud’s concept of the id, ego, and super ego before, but never in such a visual way. Reading Freud’s theory through illustration is definitely helpful because there is already a lot of information one must digest, and since artists are very visual people, by outlining his ideas through humorous illustrations his theories become less dry and easier to absorb.
One thing that I would like to explore further is Freud’s suggestion on repetition compulsion. Recently I’ve read about a new approach to therapy for trauma victims, and that is to ask the patient to reimaging the traumatic event again and again; this is known as the ‘prolonged exposure’ therapy. Freud stated that with repetition-compulsion, painful memory is relived again and again, so that a sufficient defense in the psyche can be build up. Using the same idea, prolonged exposure therapy reactivate traumatic memories so that the patient can eventually become bored by them. I like this concept very much because I am interested in seeing how I can create an art piece that can function like repetition compulsion, where a traumatic event is repeated again and again to create a sense of….boredom (?, or maybe some other reactions) in the viewer.