Neurotic Atheism: A Psychoanalytic Perspective

Caner Kösedağ
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8 min readJun 2, 2024

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In this blog post, I will examine the pathological situation of irreligion, disbelief — atheism, etc. — in the psychological dimension. There may be places in the article where I only use the word atheism, don’t worry, I’m talking about disbelief in general.

Psychoanalytic theory developed with his father Freud and progressed with Jung, Adler and others. Although Freud’s theories are subject to criticism by today’s psychology, paradoxically Freud’s theories shed light on modern psychology and are solid foundations. In other words, if it weren’t for Freud’s theories, the cliché “ let’s delve into your childhood “ wouldn’t even exist. Freud developed revolutionary psychological theories and still guide psychologists today.

The psychologist I went to told me, “ Freud paves the way for me a lot. When I look through Freud’s eyes, the cases I couldn’t solve are solved suddenly. “ he said.

Is Freud criticized, yes, but is he falsified, no!

Another issue is that this blog post is 100% valid, I do not claim to cover all non-theists, but I have to say that it covers a significant part of the population.

Finally, I would like to mention that this article is the product of my own original thoughts. In other words, I do not make any claims that it is completely scientific or…

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Caner Kösedağ
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