... up his theory was the 'levels of mind'. Freud said that it was as if the mind was separated into three sections. These sections being the 'conscious' mind, the 'pre-conscious' mind and the 'unconscious mind'. The first section, the conscious mind, being our awake state or our state of awareness. It is this section of our mind that we use when we are consciously thinking about something of which we are aware. The next section is the pre-conscious mind. This is our store of readily available memories. Memories of which we are aware and know that we are aware, but are not consciously thinking about at the current time. These memories can be recalled easily and are often recalled for everyday use. The final section is our unconscious mind. This is our store of long term memories or memories that cannot be recalled so easily. We may not even be ...

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