Psychoanalysis is a concept that indicates that childhood experiences greatly influence the development of later personality traits and psychological problems. This concept is essentially indicating that events that occur in a child’s life at an early age will affect them psychologically down the road; whether the events are positive or negative events. That is the concept of psychoanalysis in a nutshell. This concept has occurred several times in children who have experienced a traumatic event at an early age. Whether it was a death, accident, or abuse at an early age. I have witnessed psychoanalysis occur in someone that I know personally. We will call my friend Fred for the sake of his privacy in this blog. Fred was about ten years old when he was at the park with his mom and his little sister. Fred did not live in a really safe area, however his mom still wanted to take him and his sister out to play. There were a few older men at the park who were involved in drug related issues. While Fred and his little sister were playing at the park, a car drove by and began shooting. The shooters were aiming for the older men; however, a stray bullet hit Fred’s little sister and mother. By the time they reached the hospital, they were both gone. Fred lost both his mother and little sister that day. His father had left him when he was just born, so Fred had no family left. Fred went into depression; he had no family left and nowhere to go. A young boy at only ten years old had lost almost everything. Fred eventually recovered to a certain extent, but no one ever fully recovers from a tragedy like that one. Fred had moved in with a foster family until he turned eighteen years old. Everything changed once he became an adult and was able to move out of the foster care system. Fred began getting involved with drugs and drug related crimes. One day everything changed for Fred, him and a few friends jumped inside a car and took a little ride. When they saw a few people that they did not like and they performed a drive by shooting. This drive by shooting brought back bad memories for Fred. He could not believe what he had done and could not stop thinking about the day he lost his mother and sister. He fell into deep depression; he turned to drugs as an escape from reality. Fred began taking all sorts of drugs to help ease the pain and help erase the bad memories. He did not have anyone to turn to; he did not have any family to help him through this situation. Fred became seriously addicted to drugs and eventually ended up overdosing at the age of twenty-one. Fred was someone who I knew and was someone whose entire life was affected by one specific event. The tragic event of his family’s death destroyed him inside and eventually became the death of him. This is a perfect example of the concept of psychoanalysis. Fred experienced a traumatic event at an early age that haunted him for his entire life. His childhood experiences greatly influenced his development as a person and also led to serious psychological problems. His depression eventually led to an overdose and the lost of his life. Psychoanalysis occurs in everyday life to several children. Some children are abused, raped, or even experience an event that may lead to psychological problems in the future.