This paper discusses the relationship between the Freudian notions of material reality and psychical reality, attempting to answer if these two notions can be understood by means of a polarization. In order to do that, Freudian texts in which such a discussion is favored have been analyzed. It has been concluded that the best way of conceiving this relationship is not by means of a mere polarization or opposition, and that the material and psychical reality should be seen as notions which are at the same time equivalent and distinct.
material reality; psychical reality; polarization; psychoanalysis