In addition to dreams, Freud loved to collect objects, votive statues from other cultures.
For Freud, collecting was a form of sublimation. The attempt to recreate the pleasures of childhood by surrounding oneself with objects.
A way to impose order and control on a chaotic world, soothe anxiety, and fill inner voids through accumulation and contemplation.
So why do you collect? What anxieties are you trying to fill?
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