Freud revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. His psychoanalytic terms such as Id, Ego, libido, neurosis and Oedipus complex have become a familiar part of our everyday vocabulary. But do we know what they really mean? "Freud for Beginners" aims to demystify the facts of Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis. Irreverent and witty but never trivial, the book tells the story of Freud's life and ideas from his upbringing in 19th-century Vienna, his early medical career and his encounter with cocaine, to the gradual evolution of this theories on the unconscious, dreams and sexuality.