𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘆𝘀-𝗜𝗜

At Hamburg, Martha spent her time helping her mother and younger sister Minna Bernays. She read books and visited theatre. Her interest in the arts and love for artists incensed Freud. He complained that as a scientist he had no weapons against artists, they write a song for a woman and they have the key to her heart.
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In 1886, Freud left the hospital and started private practice in Vienna. He specialized in "nervous disorders". He was on the way to becoming one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. In 1899, he published one of his greatest works of psychoanalysis and literature, ‘The Interpretation of Dreams’.
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One day, Freud started from Vienna with a ring in a matchbox to Hamburg, where Martha was living, to propose to her for marriage. He had inscribed the matchbox lid with a poem titled ‘When my Sweetheart is Married’. It was about a travelling journeyman’s who grieved at losing his love to another man. Fortunately, Freud did not lose his sweetheart and Martha accepted his proposal.
Asif Jalal IPS