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In psychoanalysis and other psychological theories, the unconscious mind (or the unconscious) is the part of the psyche that is not available to introspection.

== The Freudian Unconscious ==
* Contains a hidden reservoir of repressed conflict, containing selfish desires, trauma, and aggressive and sexual desires.
* The mind uses repression and other defense mechanisms to push anxiety-provoking desires down.
* The id has primitive, pleasure-seeking drives and is trying to escape, manifesting itself through Freudian slips, nightmares, and neuroses.

== The Jungian Unconscious ==
* Contains a layer of personal memories plus a second layer of collective unconscious.
* The collective unconscious is inherited from our evolutionary ancestors.
* It contains symbols and instincts called archetypes, such as the hero, the wise old man, the anima/animus, and the shadow.
* It is a source of wisdom and creativity, which is needed to balance the cold, logical ego.

== The Neuroscientific Unconscious ==
* A system that automates sense perceptions and other processes, doing background work and passing the results, when necessary up to consciousness.
* Processes around 11m bits/sec of information, while the conscious mind can only manage 40-50 bits/sec.
* The Default Mode Network (DMN) activates when you are daydreaming or otherwise not focused on the outside world, consolidating memories.
* Provides "subliminal priming" by registering sensory inputs and changing your behavior automatically and without conscious thought.

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