Freud and ocd

I agree with categorizing Freud as a philosopher. Not that there's anything wrong with philosophers, but for a long time he was seen as something closer to a scientist. In reality his theories were based on studying a very small number of individuals, plus a lot of knowledge of literature and philosophy, plus a lot of sheer conjecture. He was a very learned man, but he didn't discover objective truth.

Every time Freud it's right a real terapist cries

I’ve heard it vaguely, but Freud is a philosopher what he says is just opinion

Freud’s some hot bullshit and no one sane in the psychology field takes 95% of his hypotheses seriously.

Personally I believe Sigmund Freud was a genius. I have read some of his material and I tend to agree with him on many points overall. Just my personal opinion, I am no expert of any kind . Like with most things take with a “grain of salt “.

I feel putting things in perspective he was very ahead of his time for the era in history he lived in : Born 1856 died 1939 .

I was reading about Albert Einstein he had spent much time with Sigmund Freud and greatly admired him and his work .

It reminds me of that episode of the sandman (tiny spoiler) when everyone starts doing what they "really want to". Totally stupid. I don’t want to cut off my hand thanks very much. I think the possible grain of truth is that ignoring the thoughts and avoiding them makes the condition worse so he was onto something there. I absolutely do not believe that this means the person wants to do the thing so the word choice of "desire" is wrong. Also worth remembering that everyone has intrusive thoughts every so often- people without ocd included. I was talking to my therapist about worries that intrusive thoughts will ruin my wedding day one day and she told me everyone has intrusive thoughts on their wedding day 🤷🏻‍♀️ Please do not be scared. You can trust yourself to know who you are.