... and tunnel vision." (Personality Theories: Sigmund Freud) Breuer describes Anna O falling into 'spontaneous hypnosis' in which she would talk freely about her anxieties and specific disturbing thoughts. When Anna 'woke-up' from her trance, some of her symptoms would be relieved. She referred to this practice as 'the talking cure'. Freud and Breuer came to the conclusion that the symptoms of hysteria were due to her inability to get rid of repressed memories which usually stem from a traumatic experience earlier in life. "When the client can be made aware of the meanings of his or her symptoms (through hypnosis, for example), then the unexpressed emotions are released and so no longer need to express themselves as symptoms." (Personality Theories: Sigmund Freud) Later on, while working on his own, Freud created other theories to explain hysteria. His 'Seduction Theory' came to replace the idea that hysteria was created by a repressed memory; ...

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