Stages of Psychosexual Development
Psychosexual interest and pleasure begin in infancy.
Freud used the term psychosexual pleasure broadly to include all strong, pleasant excitement arising from body stimulation.
How we deal with our psychosexual development influences nearly all aspects of our personality.
People have a psychosexual energy, which is called libido from a Latin word meaning “desire.”
Normally, libido is focused in an infant’s mouth and flows to other body parts as the child grows older.