Summarizing in the light of what has been said so far, it is possible to conclude by affirming that the Freudian slip and the mechanisms underlying it are considered by psychoanalysis as common aspects both to normality and to the pathological picture.
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Psychoanalysis is criticized precisely for its tendency to identify aspects of the individual's psyche that are common to both normality and some psychopathologies.
in defining memories, loss of objects, random acts and various carelessness, etc.).Another type of classification, on the other hand, could be made on the basis of the context in which the slip occurs. In this sense, an example of classification of the best known Freudian slip could be the following:
- Lapsus linguae: linguistic error committed during a conversation in which one term or name is pronounced instead of another.
- Lapsus calami: the translation from the Latin of lapsus calami can be "error due to the pen"; it is the error that occurs in writing.
- Lapsus memoriae: corresponds to the sudden loss of memory towards a certain word, or the momentary confusion or difficulty of the memory in remembering something.
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Many individuals, in the presence of a Freudian slip characterized by the "sudden lack of memory for a particular word" in the context of a conversation, are accustomed to use the well-known way of saying "I have it on the tip of my tongue".
