Freud, Sigmund (1938-091/1938.01): Statement, read over BBC (December 1938)

PROF. SIGM. FREUD
20 MARESFIELD GARDENS.
LONDON N. W. 3.
TEL: HAMPSTEAD 2002.

Dec. 7^th 1938

I started my professional
activity as a neurologist,
trying to bring relief to
my neurotic patients.
Under the influence of
an older friend and
by my own efforts I
discovered some new and
important facts about
the unconscious in psychic
life, the role of instinctual
urges, and so on. Out of
these findings grew a new
science, Psycho-Analysis,
a part of Psychology and
a new method of treatment
of the neuroses.

I had to pay heavily
for this bit of good luck.
People did not believe
in my facts and thought
my theories unsavory.
Resistance was strong
and unrelenting. In

the end I succeeded
acquiring pupils and
building up an Inter-
national Psycho-analytic
Association. But the
struggle is not yet over

A short sentence in German.

Sigm. FreudSigmund Freud.