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How to Overcome the Mother Complex

Jan 29, 202436 min
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Episode description


According to Phub data, interest in "milf" skyrocketed last year. This says something about the male collective conscious via what Jung would call "The Mother Complex"-- material imprinting still affecting an adult man.


00:00 Phub data represents collective male consciousness
01:50 MILF going up to 2nd place (mommy issues?)
03:45 Mother Complex myths and movies
05:50 MILF trope (Mrs. Robinson)
09:20 The Oedipus Complex
16:30 Boy VS Man
18:30 What happens if you don't address the Mother Complex?
20:40 Coping mechanisms: transference, sex & violence
22:30 Madonna-Whore complex + merging the dichotomy
26:10 Coping mechanisms vs Integrating
27:30 Active Imagination exercise (Jung)
30:00 Feminine cleanse
31:16 Mapping complex to your actual mother
33:50 Mother Complex in Western culture
37:14 Coming soon: other psychological tropes



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