Unconscious

• Freud believed this to be the largest part of the mind
• It holds thoughts and memories that are not accessible to awareness but influence our behaviours and feelings
• The unconscious mind contains desires, impulses and repressed memories
• Although unconscious thoughts, wishes and desires are hidden they can show themsleves in a number of ways such as in Freudian slips or dreams
• The unconscious mind protects the conscious mind from potentially harmful thoughts, such as traumatic memories and fears
• Makes up if most of our thinking and contains Our biological desires/ instincts