A brand like Coca-Cola, or the the letter M for McDonalds, or the name of John Kennedy are symbols. Each has a number of features already explained by the story to which we belong, because our brains are in bodies whose path parallels the history.
But there are psychological symbols, built into our personal history, which may not have universal meaning. For example:
"My mother did not care for me"
In this person's life the mother was not formed in your mind as the true symbol of motherhood.
"My aunt was like my mother"
In this life, the aunt is just the mother. The symbol "mother" has not changed, and the symbol "aunt" is reaching an additional meaning.
The brain works with symbols, and each time the personal symbol table does not match the universal symbol table, there may be a psychological injury.
For example, the teacher is, for most students an authority. Those students for whom it is a threat, already have a psychological defect. This defect will explain possible actions with subsequent aberrations.
The dyad in this post is: Real and Symbol.
