Oedipus Complex

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The primitive desire for the one parent may also awaken in the child a jealous motivation to exclude the other parent. Transferring of affections may also occur as the child seeks to become independent and escape a perceived 'engulfing mother'. A critical point of awakening is where the child realizes that the mother has affections for others besides itself. Primitive jealousies are not necessarily constrained to the child and and both parents may join in the game, both in terms of competing with each other for the child's affections and also competing with the child for the affection of the other parent. Note that opposition to parents may not necessarily be sexually based -- this can also be a part of the struggle to assert one's identity and

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