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subconscious
in
Flowers for Algernon -- Novel
(Edited)

Theres the SUBCONSCIOUS and the CONSCIOUS (thats how you spell it) and one dont tell the other what its doing.
p. 29.3

subconscious = mental activity of which we are not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior
SUBCONSCIOUS. adj. Of the nature of mental operations yet not present in consciousness;
p. 29.6
Of the nature of mental operations yet not present in consciousness; as, subconscious conflict of desires.
p. 29.6
Dr. Strauss says that it means I've reached a point where my subconscious is trying to block my conscious from remembering.
p. 50.1 *
I know it's some kind of subconscious warning signal, and now instead of waiting for the memory to come to me, I close my eyes and reach out for it.
p. 115.1

Definitions:

(1) (subconscious)
mental activity of which one is not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior; or the part of the mind that engages in such activity

Though commonly used in daily conversation, the word subconscious is not used clinically. Where the layperson says subconscious, psychologists are likely to say unconscious mind.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)