Psychoanalysis and Sexuality: Current Expressions

Human sexuality is not limited to genitality, and its ultimate goal is the reduction of tension. It develops through libidinal stages whose content is fixed in the unconscious through repression. This was Freud's first major discovery, which led to a redefinition of the origin of neurotic symptoms and many mental illnesses, until then considered organic in origin. Although Freud's discoveries attributed a pathogenic role to the repressive customs of the time.