Symbolism Symptoms

Symptom symbolism is a designation used in psychoanalysis for the hidden, disguised meaning of symptoms, which are considered as an expression of subconscious, repressed desires and aspirations.

According to psychoanalytic theory, symptoms are often symbolic expressions of underlying psychological conflicts or traumas. For example, phobias may be associated with repressed memories or emotions, and various physical symptoms may reflect repressed anxiety or aggression.

Psychoanalysts such as Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung developed methods for interpreting dream symbolism, slips of the tongue, and symptoms of various neurotic and psychosomatic disorders. Uncovering the hidden meaning of symptoms is considered important for understanding the patient's unconscious conflicts and subsequent psychotherapy.

Thus, the symbolism of the symptom reflects the ability of the human psyche to mask true, unresolved internal conflicts in the form of various signs and symptoms. Correct interpretation of these symbols helps to reveal the true causes of psychological problems.

**Symbolism Symptom** In psychoanalysis, symptomatology is the designation of an implicit designation of symptoms hidden from people, which is interpreted as a reflection of subconscious and repressed desires or aspirations

**The symbolism of a symptom is based on the concept of hidden meaning.** Symptomatic in this case means a situation where the patient carries out conscious behavior, but its meaning is directly opposite to the subconscious. In other words, this meaning is covered up, masked, the unconscious is forced out of consciousness in order to achieve a given goal. The very concept of “symptom” indicates a part of something whole; its expression is what corresponds to a certain role for the concept of a general disease. And this symptomatic part hides the cause of the whole from prying eyes. That is, symbolization occurs when the entire complex, consisting of those parts and symptoms that appear, can be explained within the framework of the accepted concept of the patient’s inner world.

Over time and in the course of psychological analysis, the named system of values ​​and attitudes can go so far into the wilds of the patient’s subjective world that its origins never fully become known. This system is represented not only by a disease or pathological symptoms, but also by the very attitudes and value preferences through which the life orientation of the individual is carried out. Thus, relations with