In this book, which serves as an excellent introduction to psychoanalysis, Josh Cohen argues that what Freud primarily and above all demonstrates is that every thought, word, or action of ours, no matter how insignificant it may seem on the surface, is subject to careful analysis and interpretation.

This may indeed be the reason for the strong reaction encountered by psychoanalysis. Through brief excerpts from Freud's work on neuroses, the unconscious, language, death, and sex, this book sheds light on the paradoxical core of psychoanalytic thought: our deepest truths about ourselves always appear disguised.

If dreams, errors in our verbal expression, puns, and our symptoms are read carefully - in short, our daily life - they reveal that we are masters of disguise, unrecognizable both to others and to ourselves.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]