One of the fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis is the free association, which implies speaking freely whatever comes to mind, whether it is considered “immoral”, “dirty”, “ugly”... It doesn’t matter what pre-judgments you have about what you are thinking and feeling. From this movement, which, by the way, is not at all easy or natural, we open the possibility for new things to come.

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How is that? 

Often thoughts that come to the surface quickly and then escape us are sedimented and possible to be worked on when we talk about them. It's not uncommon to be surprised by what you said. 

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And why is this work of speaking freely important for psychoanalysis? 

Because psychoanalysis presupposes an unconscious, an unknown knowledge, something that escapes reason and control. In fact, one of the greatest Freudian considerations is when the doctor states that “the self is not master of its home”, implying that the unconscious governs our choices and emotions much more than we imagine.  

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That said, the protagonist of the session is the analysand, he is the one who dictates the topics that will be covered and the rhythm of the session. Therefore, the most important thing in an analysis is the relationship that will be built with that professional. For Freud (1908),” the past, present, future align like a string traversed by desire”. Making it clear that, in fact, everything is intertwined in our history, in our narrative and in our constitution as subjects. 

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So, don't worry, there is no way to “start in a wrong way” or a model to be followed, the important thing is to talk about what comes to mind, what worries you, what bothers you, talk about what hurts, what you dream of... .