here there is a degeneration of the brain, not just
             with women but with men too and that hypnotism could have an effect on normal
             Freud lost his interest in hysteria and hypnotism, but developed a liking of
             the psychoanalytic method of free association. This method encouraged the
             patient to express any random thoughts that came to the mind, which promoted a
             "stream of consciousness" that helped tap into the unconsciousness. The
             material that the patient said in this stream of consciousness was a link to the
             ideas of the unconscious mind that was normally hidden, forgotten or
             "unavailable to conscious reflection"(Freud, 47). Unlike his companion Charcot,
             Freud believed that based on his clinical studies, some mental disorders like
             hysteria were based on sexual manner. For example, Freud linked "th
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