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Psychosexual Theory of Sigmund Freud The psychosexual stages of Sigmund Freud are five different developmental periods during which the individual seeks pleasure from different areas of the body associated with sexual feelings. These stages are as follows: Oral Birth to to 1year Anal 2 to 3years Phallic 4 to 5years Latency 6 to 12years Genital 13 and Up The fifth and last stage of psychosexual development, the genital stage, lasts from puberty, about the twelfth year of age, and onwards. It actually continues until development stops, which is ideally in the eighteenth year of age, when adulthood starts. This stage represents the major portion of life The patient was not that detached from his parents since he was just 14 years old.

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Psychosexual Theory of Sigmund Freud

The psychosexual stages of Sigmund Freud are five different developmental periods during which the individual seeks pleasure from different areas of the body associated with sexual feelings.

These stages are as follows: Oral Birth to to 1yearAnal 2 to 3yearsPhallic 4 to 5yearsLatency 6 to 12yearsGenital 13 and Up

The fifth and last stage of psychosexual development, the genital stage, lasts from puberty, about the twelfth year of age, and onwards. It actually continues until development stops, which is ideally in the eighteenth year of age, when adulthood starts. This stage represents the major portion of life

The patient was not that detached from his parents since he was just 14 years old.