#psychodynamic

FAIR WARNING: IM NOT LEARNED IN PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THESE THEORIES… JUST HEARD ABOUT THE BASICS OF THEM AND WANTED TO SHARE MY IDEAS…

guys, i don’t know if this is crazy to say but i kinda get sigmund freud’s oedipus complex and carl jung’s electra complex… however if you think of it how i do (im not incestuous gangggg here me outtt)

first of all to anyone who doesn’t know these theories:

“Oedipus complex, in psychoanalytic theory, a desire for sexual involvement with the parent of the opposite sex and a concomitant sense of rivalry with the parent of the same sex; a crucial stage in the normal developmental process.” (source)

”The Electra complex is a psychoanalytic term that describes a girl's sense of competition with her mother for her father's affection. It is comparable to the Oedipus complex in males.” (source)

ok for this, im going to speak about the electra complex since i’m a girl myself but technically it’s literally the opposite of the oedipus complex.

so with these theories in mind and how they correlate with children aged 3-6, in my opinion, thinking about the future and us as adults, and also singling out the sexual attraction part of these theories…

i believe, with our parents (if they are good partners to each other) we see them care for each other, love each other, and support each other through sickness and health. we see our dad hold our mum through everything and be by her side. this type of relationship that we experience secondhand, could possible be something that we look out for in our future partners. essentially we don’t feel jealous of our mums; we just want someone similar. this type of longing and slight envy could be interpreted as jealousy whilst it’s not. whether our future partner is a male or vice versa, we all want that other half that treats us right and if we see that in our dad, we will obviously crave that love.

In his seminal book, Freud dissects a dream about a patient named Irma. For decades, readers thought it was simply his first big case study in dream analysis. But hidden in the details -- nasal structures, medicinal Coke, medical guilt -- is a buried truth.

Freud had referred a patient, Emma Eckstein, to his closest friend, Dr. Wilhelm Fliess, for nasal surgery. Fliess botched it catastrophically, leaving gauze inside her nasal cavity. She nearly died.

Once you know this, the dream transforms:

Dirty injections become the surgery gone wrong

Nasal imagery points to Fliess’s bizarre theories

Freud’s “defenses” are his unconscious trying to dodge responsibility

The most famous dream in psychoanalysis isn’t just wish-fulfillment — it’s Freud’s unconscious forcing him to confront that his closest collaborator had become dangerous. And he hid that confession in plain sight for over 50 years.

🎥 Watch the full breakdown:

D. W. Winnicott, Playing and Reality

Twelve years ago, I was a social work intern. I worked at an agency but got supplemental supervision from a wily psychodynamic play therapist in his office decked out with all manner of board games, puppets and fidgets, as I was working with children. Early on, he stopped lecturing me about play therapy and asked me to pick one of the toys from a basket beside me. I am a very compliant good girl, and was always working hard to say the “right” thing to him. But when he asked me to pick up a toy, I froze.

“Just pick whichever toy seems interesting to you.”

“NO!!!!!!” I literally screamed in this otherwise silent therapy office! I could not believe it! I felt terrified of the fact that I’d let myself scream, but even more terrified to do what he’d asked of me: to let myself pick up a toy and play with it in front of him.