ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Jacques Lacan

Jacques Lacan was a famous French psychoanalyst who believed that the way people think and behave is shaped by things they experience in childhood. He thought that the way a person sees themselves and the world around them is based on how their parents interacted with them when they were young. He believed that the early experiences people had growing up could lead to psychological problems later in life. He developed ways to help people process their feelings and understand the roots of their emotional pain.