Sigmund Freud

Hello, my name is Sigmund. I was born a long, long time ago, in the year 1856. When I was a little boy, my head was full of questions. I always wanted to know 'why?'. Why is the grass green? Why do we dream at night? I loved learning so much. I had a big, happy family with many brothers and sisters, and we loved to laugh and play together. My very favorite thing to do was to open a book. Reading felt like opening a secret door to a new world. The books helped me think about all my big questions and I wanted to understand everything about people.

When I grew up, I became a doctor. But I was not the kind of doctor who fixes a scraped knee or a tummy ache. I was a doctor for feelings. Sometimes, people feel sad or worried, and those feelings can feel heavy, like carrying a big backpack full of rocks. I wanted to help them feel light and happy again. I learned that talking is a wonderful thing. When you share your feelings with someone who listens, it helps to make the heavy feelings go away. It is like untangling a tricky knot in your shoelace so you can run and play again.

I had a big idea that our minds are like big houses with many rooms. Some rooms we know all about, but some are secret rooms we don't always see. I thought that even our dreams at night could tell us stories about our feelings in those secret rooms. By understanding our own stories, we can be happier friends and kinder people. Helping people understand themselves was my greatest adventure, and it all started with a little boy who loved to ask 'why?'.