Mama's boy

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themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works · 70 pts · 1y (3 replies)

It bothers me that Oedipus wasn't even aware that she was his mother, and Freud named it that anyway

Lyre@lemmy.ca · 35 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Ya and if memory serves i think he clawed his own eyes out and committed suicide after finding out.

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

Obsessed with a mother figure, destiny controlled by a higher authority which withholds the full picture, and he literally kink-shamed himself to death.

Oedipus was the quintessential Catholic before Catholicism existed.

namarupa@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

Yeah, that's the whole point. It's a subconscious drive.

Davel23@fedia.io · 24 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Brings a whole new meaning to "MILF".

Assman@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y

M,ILF

Akasazh@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 1y

No it doesn't

SouravSatvaya@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

It happens unconsciously during 3 to 6 years of age. So, it's not exactly the MILF type of thing.

i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 1y

Uh, just a shopping complex near where I live…

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus

Btw, did Freud just reflect his kink or did he grow up in a messed up family?