The first stage in Freud’s theory is the oral stage with begins at birth and continues until around two years old. The focus of this stage is the mouth and gratification through nursing/eating, sucking, gumming, swallowing, and biting. To the child, the mother’s breast is a source of food and also represents her love. In this stage, the child is controlled by the id, which is all about desire, and they want instant gratification for anything. If there is forceful or inadequate feeding, the child could possibly remain fixated in this stage. Some adult

According to Freud, neuroses form in early childhood, because in this stage the ego is immature and ego that has trouble handling the instinctual forces of infantile sexuality. The ego defends itself by imposing repression during the beginning of the latency period (age 6-12). That repression causes complications with development and will cause problems (neurosis) later on in life. When the superego becomes too strong, neurotic symptoms start to develop. Individuals with a neurotic symptom are trying to sooth their anxiety with a behavior that take their mind off of that particular anxiety. A primal desire has found an indirect symbol of relief from desiring repression. Someone who is developing a neurotic symptom usually has an anal personality, compulsive, a perfectionist, and irrational. Their problems usually grow or expand and become a bigger problem. The task that they do to deal with their anxiety is usually something trivial, like locking a door repeatedly. The fears that motivate these individuals are the same as the fears of a child, but by finding another way to cope with their fears and problems, they do find something else to hide behind, their neurotic symptom. Being able to accept these feelings and actions is the key to getting over their neurotic symptom.

The second stage is the anal stage which lasts from age two to age 4. The anus is the main area of focus in the stage and it involves bowel movements and controlling those movements. During this stage a child will learn to become “potty trained”. At the beginning of this stage a child may think of the movements as pleasurable or displeasurable. During the toilet training they will learn how to control such movements. They may also realize that this ability could give them power over their parents. The id and the ego are in conflict during this stage. The ego gives the child the ability to control desires. If the child’s parents are too lenient about teaching him about the bowel movements and appropriate times for such things, as an adult they may get pleasure from the expulsion. These people are Anal-Expulsive which means they are generally sloppy, disorganized, reckless, defiant, and careless. If the parents are constantly pressuring and punishing the child may enjoy withholding these movements. These children become Anal-Retentive. This type of person is usually obsessively clean and orderly, and intolerant of those who are not, very careful, withholding, meticulous, conforming, passive-aggressive, and stingy. Successfully acc

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