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Whether stories about sleepwalking or drunken escapades, many of my classmates seemed to have their own interpretation of the unconscious mind. Could the unconscious mind have an influence on consciousness? Maybe the idea of an unconscious mind was only an interesting story popularized by Sigmund Freud? Until this course I have not seriously considered the role of the unconscious mind, but I feel even more skeptical after finishing Leaves of Grass. Many stories of the unconscious we discussed seemed to fit under the concept of pop-psychology (urban legends, inner child, myths etc.) and not formal psychology. Although I am not experienced in the field of psychology it looked as if most of my classmates attempted to force their unconscious experiences into a rational interpretation that was acceptable to their conscious mind.