Many people can benefit from a psychological treatment that addresses emotional troubles through increased self-understanding, resolution of internal conflicts, and expanded personal freedom. Psychoanalysis is particularly useful when problems have been enduring or repetitive. Some individuals come to psychoanalysis after having tried other forms of treatment with only limited benefit. Others wish to understand in a deeper way the sources of their difficulties. Typical issues include: trouble in work situations (for example, difficulty getting along with employers or co-workers) repetitive patterns of disappointment in personal relationships difficulty achieving life goals feeling lethargic and disconnected from friends or colleagues physical complaints that might be manifestations of underlying emotional conflict coping with personal losses and transitions difficulties with depression, anger, anxiety. Many people may be doing well at work and home, but are troubled inside. Being worried or persistently unhappy, feeling blocked, having long-standing internal conflicts, or being curious about yourself and how your mind works, are valid reasons for speaking with a psychoanalyst.