Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ? ( Archived) (16)

Nov 28, 2007 8:45 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
gentlepaws
gentlepawsgentlepawsAny town, Ontario Canada1,019 Threads 13 Polls 9,583 Posts
A male with an Oedipus complex identifies with his mother. A female with an Electra complex identifies with her father.

Personally, I identified with my dad. I had neither complex. I'm in the minority.
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Nov 28, 2007 8:47 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
no complex here either...wow
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Nov 28, 2007 8:48 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
rwantin
rwantinrwantinRoyal Oak, Michigan USA17 Threads 8,924 Posts
Evening Leo,

Tough one - I related to my mother very well and wished to assume her skill with communication and the written word. I related to my father in that I wanted to understand how things functioned and repair them like he did. Draw?
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Nov 28, 2007 8:49 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
gentlepaws
gentlepawsgentlepawsAny town, Ontario Canada1,019 Threads 13 Polls 9,583 Posts
Hence, a well balanced man.
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Jan 26, 2008 4:08 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
shipoker55
shipoker55shipoker55St. Petersburg, Florida USA211 Threads 2 Polls 9,362 Posts
I identify with no one!!
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Jan 26, 2008 4:35 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
tampa1
tampa1tampa1London, Ontario Canada56 Threads 3,057 Posts
None here either....
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Jan 26, 2008 4:37 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
Hugz_n_Kissez
Hugz_n_KissezHugz_n_KissezSomeplace, Ontario Canada59 Threads 2 Polls 25,438 Posts
I Identify with me...Neither my mother or my father...I am my own person and hope not to repeat their mistakes!!!!!!!!!!!




professor wine grin
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Jan 26, 2008 4:40 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
karmistry
karmistrykarmistryNW Corner, Connecticut USA5 Threads 364 Posts
gentlepaws: A male with an Oedipus complex identifies with his mother. A female with an Electra complex identifies with her father.

Personally, I identified with my dad. I had neither complex. I'm in the minority.

Me too. Does that make me an Electrapus? rolling on the floor laughing
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Jan 26, 2008 5:13 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
agman
agmanagmanEagle, Idaho USA3,145 Posts
I will identify with Carmen Electra. grin
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Jan 26, 2008 5:18 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
Dknew
DknewDknewBarrington, New Hampshire USA262 Threads 10 Polls 7,077 Posts
Nope none here
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Jan 30, 2008 4:43 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
roseofsharon
roseofsharonroseofsharonmanchester, Hampshire, England UK60 Threads 3 Polls 8,699 Posts
gentlepaws: A male with an Oedipus complex identifies with his mother. A female with an Electra complex identifies with her father.

Personally, I identified with my dad. I had neither complex. I'm in the minority.


Well, I identify most with my father but I doubt I have an Electra complex. I am not best to judge, of course, on the indepth aspects of my psyche. That would, surely, as with us all, take a psychiatrist?

For one so sagacious, as a rule, Paws, I am surprised. I find your question all too simplistic and, dare I say.... sweeping??

There is much more involved in having either complex than simply "identifying" with father/mother, and you will know this. There will be a whole gamut of elements in varying degrees to be considered. Some probably considered, in the field, as "unhealthy"...???

Could you possibly elaborate, my friend? handshake
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Jan 30, 2008 4:46 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
Scottishlass
ScottishlassScottishlassKnoxville, Tennessee USA491 Threads 23 Polls 3,324 Posts
Neither one, mom was a drunk & dad was always out of the house.
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Jan 30, 2008 5:07 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
Claayer
ClaayerClaayerWild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK107 Threads 9 Polls 15,888 Posts
A female with an Electra complex identifies with her father.

Thats me ^
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Jan 30, 2008 5:07 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
Claayer
ClaayerClaayerWild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK107 Threads 9 Polls 15,888 Posts
Scottishlass: Neither one, mom was a drunk & dad was always out of the house.


roll eyes roll eyes frickin parents eh? roll eyes very mad
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Jan 30, 2008 5:29 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
CuspofMagic
CuspofMagicCuspofMagiclight, South Australia Australia278 Threads 7,904 Posts
gentlepaws: A male with an Oedipus complex identifies with his mother. A female with an Electra complex identifies with her father.

Personally, I identified with my dad. I had neither complex. I'm in the minority.


a bit of both
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Jan 30, 2008 5:44 PM CST Oedipus or Electra. Which one are you ?
gillyloves69
gillyloves69gillyloves69london, Greater London, England UK1,533 Threads 7 Polls 7,359 Posts
Claayer: Awww some parents just don't deserve kids do they



wave hug

hi claire !... i'm not slagging them off because they were'nt bad parents ...just people that were on different wavelengths to me !

my fathers dead now ...but my mothers still alive !...and we get on very well when you keep it light pretend that you're somebody that you're not and agrees with everything she says !


wink thumbs up cheering

but some things happened a few years ago when i started to speak up for myself ...and also started creative and thinking ' out the box' for the first time but they never even listened to me whilst i noticed that my freinds parents were listening to him telling him how clever he was and encouraging him .....when it was all my ideas !!!!!

until this very day they still don't know the real me ...how clever i am or what i was really trying to show them ...because they'll just rather carry on watching eastenders all the time cheers
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