Children and Oedipus complex
What is Oedipus complex? What is the connection between children and Oedipus complex?
Oedipus complex usually occurs in children between age three to six. The children below the age of six have strong and clearly defined love and hatred.
That is the age of intense feelings which create emotional conflict.
While Freud, the Austrian psychiatrist who coined the phrase, believed that all children have this complex, many experts disagree.
The children with Oedipus complex have the desire to possess the parent of the opposite sex. That means if the young boy has Oedipus complex, he will imagine taking over the place of his father and marrying his mother.
The age group is an important factor. Children below the age of six have strong sense of jealousy.
When the boy witnesses his mother showing love to his father, he wants the same attention, and love.
What is the original of Oedipus complex?
Oedipus complex comes from the Greek mystical character, Oedipus. Oedipus kills his father in order to marry his mother.
Freud uses this story to describe the observation he made of young children.
Oedipus complex is a triangular relationship. The possessive love of the child for the opposite sex parent comes between the parents.
While it is commonly believed that boys usually have this strong desire, it is known that young girls have the same problem. The female version is commonly known as the Electra Complex.
The notable fact about Oedipus complex is that the desire is unconscious. The exclusive and possessive love is an unconscious feeling. The child may wish the same sex parent to die early.
Most children outgrown Oedipus complex. However, some children carry this distorted viewpoint into adulthood.
Those who have Oedipus complex as an adult are mentally ill. They need specialist treatments for this disorder.
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