It can also differ in severity. In the story, Someday My Elders Will Be Proud, a young woman named Jean describes her struggle with alcohol abuse and the issues in her childhood that may have had an influence on her inability to responsibly handle alcohol. Based on Freud’s theory, the events in Jean’s childhood lead to her dependent personality. When Jean was little an uncle that babysat her for her mother abused her. Jean’s mom relied on her uncle because Jean’s father left the family when Jean was around 4 years old because of an alcohol addicition. Because her father was not around during the phallic stage where Jean presumably underwent the Electra complex, Jean was unable to successfully complete this stage before moving on to the next and by not having a stable father figure and instead having an abuse male caretaker Jean developed the wish to be appealing to men by her unresolved wishes for her father, unconscious anger towards her mother, and a weak Superego
It can also differ in severity. In the story, Someday My Elders Will Be Proud, a young woman named Jean describes her struggle with alcohol abuse and the issues in her childhood that may have had an influence on her inability to responsibly handle alcohol. Based on Freud’s theory, the events in Jean’s childhood lead to her dependent personality. When Jean was little an uncle that babysat her for her mother abused her. Jean’s mom relied on her uncle because Jean’s father left the family when Jean was around 4 years old because of an alcohol addicition. Because her father was not around during the phallic stage where Jean presumably underwent the Electra complex, Jean was unable to successfully complete this stage before moving on to the next and by not having a stable father figure and instead having an abuse male caretaker Jean developed the wish to be appealing to men by her unresolved wishes for her father, unconscious anger towards her mother, and a weak Superego