Passion for the “Quixote” Did Freud learn to speak Spanish on his own, only for the pleasure of reading Don Quixote de la Mancha?in the original language. This allowed him to personally review the first Spanish edition of his work, prepared by Luis López Ballesteros.
Freud, the writer Freud had a great writing ability, recognized by all since his studies. In 1930 he won the Goethe Prize for Literature in Frankfurt, Germany, but one illness prevented him from receiving the prize personally.
- “Jofi”.
- His faithful companion Freud treated his patients accompanied by his dog Jofi.
- A Chow Chow given to him by his daughter Anne.
- Freud noticed that the dog had a calming influence on his patients and gave them clues about his emotional state.
- He follows his appointments.
The phobias of genius The father of psychoanalysis suffered from two phobias almost unknown to all, he was afraid of number 62, to the point of not staying in hotels of more than 61 rooms, he was also afraid of ferns.
Freud’s austerity was very austere and unclean, he only had three suits, three pairs of shoes and three mutes of underwear, he avoided social events, although he often met his peers at Café Landtmann, where he was always sitting in the same place.
Tobacco and cancer He was a compulsive smoker and this precipitated the cancer that suffered in his upper jaw, which tormented him for more than 16 years, went through great physical suffering in the last stage of this disease, underwent 33 surgeries, a total of which failed.
Even routines His customs were rigid and he maintained a very methodical routine. Lunch every day at 1:00 p. m. Exactly at 2 p. m. , take a 3 km walk through vienna city centre and other streets. He hated cauliflower and ate very little chicken.
Freud, the collector collected ancient statues and, as a result, many of his night walks ended up in an antique shop, where he acquired new pieces, his repertoire has become huge and his collection is now on display at his house-museum in London.
Freud’s assisted death died in 1939 as a result of severe pain caused by cancer. He asked his personal doctor for help dying, with morphine injections. He had been living in London for only a year, after his forced departure from Vienna. where he lived most of his life.