Freud’s Decision Hack Will Change Your Life

How to make a difficult decision by tapping your unconscious

“The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” by Fransisco Goya (1799). While we often think the unconscious is a dark and dangerous place, it can help us make decisions quickly and effectively. (image: public domain, source: Wikipedia. Image is cropped.)

A while back I was in a relationship I wanted to end. I needed to decide whether to see if things improve or to just call an end to it and upset the person who loved me.

It took me weeks to make the decision. I didn’t sleep well. I had a recurring night terror in…