I just read something heartbreaking – Freud did such an unbelievable disservice to humanity – you see, Freud had a Narssacitic personality (he was driven by a need for recognition which is documented) It is truly amazing, as the Rebbe says (and he was perhaps the world’s greatest expert, perhaps ever) “The subconscious motive, colors the result” (this is mentioned in Pirkei Avos about the difference between unconditional vs. conditional love, for the former will never cease, but the latter is a means to an end; hence, if I engage in a motive, as soon as I achieve the motive, I stop achieving – For example, if my goal is to say, get full, I will stop eating; however, if my goal is comfort, I won’t) In other words, Freud had as a primary motive recognition; hence, he created a field of science which completely altered the human perception – the reason this is such a great tragedy is, obviously the most important factor, for mental-health is self-esteem (how we esteem vs. hate ourselves) Now in Freud’s model, there were “healthy and unhealthy” (for he came from a clinician (he was a doctor) background) The problem with that is, instead of helping people, he (ironically he did his utmost to help people, but the result of his assumptions taken by students of psychology, somewhat changing in the present positive psychology introduced by Seligman, had a deleterious effect by the thought leaders) So now therapists psychologists, psychiatrists, started to label people – While in truth, the only therapy needed and that has been documented to work – Love, Unconditional regard (as Carl Roger teaches) good old common concern