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There are certain cycles in our lives: poor choices, recurring relationships, situations in which we find ourselves always at the same point… Why can’t we break free from these cycles? Psychoanalysis offers an answer to this phenomenon: the compulsion to repeat. Through Freud’s Lens: The Unconscious Power of Repetition In his 1920 work Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Sigmund Freud argues that people often have a tendency to reenact traumatic or painful experiences. Moreover, these repetitions fre