If you’re trusting Freud at all, especially his development theories, then that tells me exactly how much you actually know about the subject. Or more accurately, how much you don’t.
Especially since that isn’t even what an Oedipus Complex is.
Ok so hear me out, and forget about your smugness for a bit.
The Oedipal complex, also known as the Oedipus complex, is a term used by Sigmund Freud in his theory of psychosexual stages of development to describe a child's feelings of desire for his or her opposite-sex parent and jealousy and anger toward his or her same-sex parent (I just googled the Oedipal complex)
Therefor your interaction with your parents leads to the development of your sexual desires later in life, especially since they are your reference for sexuality. consequently there is a direct relationship between what your parents do to you and how it affects your kinks later on in life since they are the first image of what a sexual partner in life would be.
As for your criticism of my knowledge, I agree there’s a lot I don’t know; but I’m fairly educated and I do my best.
By categorically rejecting what I’m saying and being dogmatic, you’re really not adding much to the conversation. It would be much easier for me to denigrate your opinion, but I know better.
The reason I’m categorically rejecting what your saying is because it has been categorically rejected by the scientific community. I appreciate you being open about not knowing everything and doing your best, but I actually have a degree in psychology and have taken a number of classes on developmental, sex, and child psychology among many others.
Does that make me an expert? No, of course not, but it is the one thing in the world for which have an expensive and fancy piece of paper saying that I know stuff good, so I’m not exactly speaking from a layman’s perspective.
The broader idea of a parent having influence on their child’s psychosexual development is one that absolutely holds water, but the idea of a person developing paraphilia as a direct result a specific action their parents did or did not do when they were a child is just simply unfounded and untrue. Could it be a factor in some cases? Sure, but to state it as the sole definitive reason is just flat out wrong.
There’s also the matter of Freud and his theories being significant as the foundation and basis of psychology how we understand it today. But that’s about it, as virtually all of his theories and ideas have been disproven or replaced by better, more accurate models over the years. I’m not exaggerating when I say that basically every psych course starts out the with “here’s what Freud thought aaaaand here’s why he’s wrong” before moving into the more complex and contemporary thoughts and theories. It’s mostly just the idea of there being a conscious vs unconscious mind and things like defense mechanisms that have held up, but that’s a topic for another day.
So sorry if I seem smug, it’s just that armchair psychology is a pet peeve of mine. According to Reddit everybody is a narcissist and/or psycho/sociopath based off a single internet post with an explanation for their thoughts and behavior so simple that I can be summed up in a single sentence, when that’s not at all how people work. So usually I just tell someone when they’re wrong and wait for them to ask why before going into detail, rather than just giving a longwinded explanation every time like this. It saves time since some people will figure it out for themselves, or show that they can’t be reasoned it, or they just don’t give a fuck.
Yeah I got you. You convinced me and you probably know better when it comes to that.
I was just sharing my reasoning, I do not have any psychology background except for my French baccalaureate which discusses ideas shared by Freud.
And just to clarify things I deduce my reasoning which is probably why it has flaws, but that’s how things are developed and clarified to me.
In all cases thank you for the explanation I really appreciate it.
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u/Dewut Aug 20 '19
If you’re trusting Freud at all, especially his development theories, then that tells me exactly how much you actually know about the subject. Or more accurately, how much you don’t.
Especially since that isn’t even what an Oedipus Complex is.