Psychoanalytic theory, developed by Sigmund Freud, provides a comprehensive framework for understanding human behavior, personality development, and psychological functioning by emphasizing the role of the unconscious mind. Freud proposed that much of human behavior is influenced by unconscious desires, conflicts, and experiences rooted in early childhood. This theory has significant relevance in understanding psychosocial issues in disability, as it explores how individuals cope with internal conflicts, emotional stress, and social challenges arising from disability. According to Freud, the human mind is divided into three levels of consciousness: the conscious, the preconscious, and the unconscious. The conscious level includes thoughts and feelings that a person is aware of at a given moment. The preconscious contains memories and information that are not currently in awareness but can be easily recalled. The unconscious is the most influential level and stores repressed thoughts, traumatic experiences, instincts, and desires that are not accessible to conscious awareness but strongly influence behavior. In the context of disability, unconscious feelings such as fear, shame, anger, or inadequacy may shape an individual’s self-concept and social interactions. Freud also introduced the structural model of personality, which consists of the id, ego, and superego. The id is the primitive and instinctual part of the personality that operates on the pleasure principle, seeking immediate gratification of basic drives such as hunger, aggression, and sexuality. For individuals with disabilities, unmet needs or frustrations may intensify id impulses, leading to emotional outbursts or maladaptive behavior. The ego develops to mediate between the id and reality, operating on the reality principle. It helps individuals make socially acceptable decisions by