psychosexual
Mental and erotic
Psychosexual describes the intersection of psychological development and sexuality.
The term is most associated with Freudian theory, which posits that personality forms through stages focused on different erogenous zones: oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital.
More broadly, psychosexual refers to the mental and emotional aspects of sexuality: psychosexual development, psychosexual disorders, psychosexual therapy.
Tragic Greek king
- ElectraMythic Greek princess
- oralOf the mouth
- analExcessively fastidious
- phallicRelating to male organs
latency · genital · fixation · regression · libido · id · ego · superego
Innate erotic drive
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- driveOperate a vehicle
- urgeStrong inner drive
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
eroticism · passion · lust · craving · longing · attraction · pleasure · sensuality
Absence of organization
- inhibitionMental check on behavior
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- frigidityExtreme coldness or aloofness
- impotenceLack of strength or power
aversion · vaginismus · paraphilia · fetishism · compulsion · addiction · repression · therapy
Distinct periods or platforms
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- pubertySexual development stage
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- milestonesNotable points of progress
attachment · bonding · imprinting · menarche · hormones · identity formation · body image · self-discovery
Opposite-sex sexual orientation
- homosexualitySame-sex romantic orientation
- bisexualityMulti-gender attraction
- pansexualityAttraction regardless of gender
- asexualityLack of sexual attraction
demisexuality · attraction · preference · fluidity · Kinsey scale · spectrum · coming out · born this way
Oedipus
Tragic Greek king
phallic · latency · genital · fixation · regression · libido · id · ego · superego · unconscious
libido
Innate erotic drive
fantasy · eroticism · passion · lust · craving · longing · attraction · pleasure · sensuality · seduction
disorder
Absence of organization
- inhibitionMental check on behavior
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- frigidityExtreme coldness or aloofness
impotence · aversion · vaginismus · paraphilia · fetishism · compulsion · addiction · repression · therapy · treatment
stages
Distinct periods or platforms
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- pubertySexual development stage
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
milestones · attachment · bonding · imprinting · menarche · hormones · identity formation · body image · self-discovery · latency period
heterosexuality
Opposite-sex sexual orientation
- homosexualitySame-sex romantic orientation
- bisexualityMulti-gender attraction
- pansexualityAttraction regardless of gender
asexuality · demisexuality · attraction · preference · fluidity · Kinsey scale · spectrum · coming out · born this way · conversion therapy
- psychoanalysisFreud, id, ego, unconscious, Sigmund Freud
- Erotic ThrillersBasic Instinct, Fatal Attraction, Wild Things, Eyes Wide Shut, seduction
- CronenbergScanners, The Fly, Naked Lunch, Shivers, Spider
- Gialloblack gloves, masked killer, straight razor, stylized violence, whodunit
psychosexualphysiological
Of body functions
somatic · biological · corporeal · nonsexual · asexual
psychosexualpsychosocial
Mind-society interaction domain
sociocultural · behavioral · neurological · intellectual · spiritual
- psychosexual stagesLibidinal maturation sequence
sexual, psyche, sexuality, psychology, psychologist, psychological, psychopath, psychiatrist, psychologists