Is there truth in psychoanalysis?

Of course, I’m not an expert and it’s hard to trust what I say. Such questions always puzzle me, because suppose I tell you that I don’t believe in it. Why would you believe me and not the many psychologists who say otherwise? In what way am I better than them? But if you ask anyway, I won’t refrain from giving my opinion. My impression is that psychoanalysis (by the way, there are several. And this in itself greatly confirms my words) is nothing more than a collection of absurd and baseless delusions. By the way, there is a connection between your two questions: if it were true, it is likely that treatment with these methods should have been beneficial. My impression is also that in cases, which are very rare in my estimation, that psychological treatment is really beneficial in something (beyond placebo, of course, whose effect is very difficult to neutralize in psychological research), I have the impression that it is not because of systematic psychological knowledge or a reliable mental picture, but rather good intuitions of the therapist (which, of course, knowledge can perhaps help him formulate). There is no discipline here and no disciplinary knowledge that can be used systematically. And the fact is that the number of methods is as many as the number of therapists and patients, and they all claim to be successful (and I doubt that too). By the way, I should mention that I have agreements on this (and the late: “I went through the contents of his words and saw that it was good, that Neta Ne’am planted Haman’s jar of manna…”) from several experienced psychologists with whom I spoke about it (those who are close enough friends of mine who are willing to speak honestly and give up the games and professional honor). In psychiatry, it’s a little different, of course, but even there the mental component is very elusive and very influential, and therefore it’s not really a regular body of scientific knowledge either. Although I have already written several times that Freud’s psychoanalysis is a work of genius, even though it is not real. He invented from scratch a complete language in which hypotheses in psychology can be formulated and discussed in a more systematic way. Even if this language is delusional and invented, it at least allows for a more systematic discourse and testing of hypotheses.