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Govoni · 05-03-2015, 12:06 AM

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Consciously Saving Our Unconscious Mind
The Battle for Freedom of Expression
by W. Hughbert

When you walk the halls at Hogwarts at any given time, you may notice professors lurking about to bust students holed up in every nook and cranny and broom closet they can occupy. These small spaces offer refuge to Hogwarts' students' subconscious mind, an idea presented by Freud in the early 20th century. Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist in the late nineteenth century, developed psychoanalysis or the study of human psychology through the prism of human wants, needs and goals. Freud said all of these primal thoughts and feelings no longer had a place in modern society, so human beings had learned to suppress natural urges. Freud explained that all human beings are born with a conscious mind-- thoughts and feelings we are aware of and control in our day-to-day lives-- but he also argues that because human nature is driven by primal desire (for food, human contact, shelter) we must repress our truest urges to fit into stereotypical civilised society. To act like an animalistic wants would be inappropriate. This repression is called the subconscious mind (because we do not actively think about these specific wants) AND because desires are repressed and not suppressed eventually people lash out. Act on impulse. Explode.

AND SO YOU GET BROOM CLOSETS. Sort of.

With that Freudian concept down and explained, I think its important to ask this question- if desire is a natural part of human existence why do professors care if students act on them? Why do they find the need to tell students to not be affectionate with their significant other, to not dress the way that expresses themselves in a way they deem fit, to kick them out of the kitchen past a decent hour? These are all natural things that come with the territory of being human. Now, while I personally do not subscribe to some of these desires (I would never frequent a broom closet) I think it's important to acknowledge it is someone's basic human right to use one.

The subconscious mind is a fragile thing that, if left without an outlet, will explode in the whole student body's face one day. And I really do not want to watch the world fall to chaos. I have a hard enough time deciding whether or not we exist to add further complications to existence.

So the point?

Let students express themselves. They need to. Even if I think most of them are moronic.

05-03-2015, 12:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
Govoni MO & DMLE Blast-Ended Skrewt Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Dragonstone Posts: 15,583 Hogwarts RPG Name: Lyric Bayliss-Black Slytherin Fourth Year x12 x12	Zombie Apocalypse Team Leader ★ ★ in a crown of pepperoni and artisan cheese presents Consciously Saving Our Unconscious Mind The Battle for Freedom of Expression by W. Hughbert When you walk the halls at Hogwarts at any given time, you may notice professors lurking about to bust students holed up in every nook and cranny and broom closet they can occupy. These small spaces offer refuge to Hogwarts' students' subconscious mind, an idea presented by Freud in the early 20th century. Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist in the late nineteenth century, developed psychoanalysis or the study of human psychology through the prism of human wants, needs and goals. Freud said all of these primal thoughts and feelings no longer had a place in modern society, so human beings had learned to suppress natural urges. Freud explained that all human beings are born with a conscious mind-- thoughts and feelings we are aware of and control in our day-to-day lives-- but he also argues that because human nature is driven by primal desire (for food, human contact, shelter) we must repress our truest urges to fit into stereotypical civilised society. To act like an animalistic wants would be inappropriate. This repression is called the subconscious mind (because we do not actively think about these specific wants) AND because desires are repressed and not suppressed eventually people lash out. Act on impulse. Explode. AND SO YOU GET BROOM CLOSETS. Sort of. With that Freudian concept down and explained, I think its important to ask this question- if desire is a natural part of human existence why do professors care if students act on them? Why do they find the need to tell students to not be affectionate with their significant other, to not dress the way that expresses themselves in a way they deem fit, to kick them out of the kitchen past a decent hour? These are all natural things that come with the territory of being human. Now, while I personally do not subscribe to some of these desires (I would never frequent a broom closet) I think it's important to acknowledge it is someone's basic human right to use one. The subconscious mind is a fragile thing that, if left without an outlet, will explode in the whole student body's face one day. And I really do not want to watch the world fall to chaos. I have a hard enough time deciding whether or not we exist to add further complications to existence. So the point? Let students express themselves. They need to. Even if I think most of them are moronic.