Psychoanalysis addresses itself to the needs of nearly all human beings, though it has an entirely different purpose for each one separately. That is to say, it concerns the broader public that has the capacity to appreciate the existence of an unknown part in them. Most people negotiate that side of themselves outside Psychoanalysis having a healthy interest for the arts, society, sports as well as all those human activities which have an unconscious aspect in them. Other people having experienced intense anxiety, depression, delusional thinking, obsessional repetitiveness, psychosomatic problems and other symptoms, they attempt to overcome them through personal psychoanalysis.
Finally, there are individuals, who even though have a strong desire to submit themselves to psychoanalytic therapy, they for long periods of time, avoid to make up their mind about it, because they are afraid of the unconscious side of themselves. It is not uncommon for the latter group of individuals to become very critical of psychoanalysis although they have a great respect for it which they avoid to express.