Sigmund Freud was born in Freiberg, Moravia, in 1856. Freud was a distinguished child. He attended medical school in Vienna; from there he actively engaged in research under the direction of a physiologist. He was passionate about neurophysiology and hoped for a position in this field, but unfortunately there were not enough positions available. From there, he spent some of his years as a neurology resident and director of a children's ward in Berlin. He later returned to Vienna and married his fiancée, Martha Bernays. He continued his practice of neuropsychiatry in Vienna with Joseph Breuer as his assistant. Freud became famous thanks to his books and lectures; which earned him “both fame and ostracism from the medical community” (Boeree 2009). On the eve of the Second World War, Freud moved to England; Fortunately, he escaped just in time as Vienna became a perilous place for Jews. For famous Jews, this became particularly dangerous. Freud was one of the famous Jews and fortunately he escaped in time. Freud died of cancer of the mouth and jaw from which he suffered during the last twenty years of his life (Boeree 2011). Sigmund Freud, the father of psychology, was known for his uncanny talent for dissecting the human mind and developing theories that we later use today. as a measuring tool to reveal what a person's true motivations are. He was well known for his dream theory (Oliveira 2011). He believed that our dreams were made up of fears, desires, and emotions that we are usually unaware of when we are conscious. Freud highlighted negative dreams as a form of “wish fulfillment.” The fulfillment of a wish occurs when the main motivations of dreams develop in which an unconscious desire or urge develops, unacceptable to the ego and middle of paper ...... today's present . Works Cited1. Mendham, Trevor. “Freudian Analysis of Dreams.” Here are the dreams. Google, 2003-2011. Web. February 21, 2011. .2. Unknown, . “Child sexual abuse.” Google, 2011. Web. February 21, 2011. .3. Stevenson, David B. “Child Sexual Abuse.” The Victorian Web. Np, May 27, 2001. Web. February 21, 2011. .4. Boerée, George. “Sigmond Freud.” Personality theories. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, 2009. Web. March 14, 2011. .5. Stevenson, David B. “Psychosexual Development.” The Victorian Web. NP, 2001. Web. March 14 2011. .