during sleep your unconscious has the opportunity to act out and express its hidden desires. Freud was preoccupied with sexual content in dreams. He believed that every long slender or elongated objects(knife, represented the phalllus, while any cavity or receptacle(bowl, caves, etc) denotes the female genitalia. g. The 5 Stages of Personality Development Freud believed that there were 5 stages in the formation of your personality. Personality formation 1. Oral/Dependency If needs are not satisfied during this stage, one goes through life trying to meet them. Smoking, eating and drinking are seen as oral fixations. Recurring dreams and the feeling of incompleteness and unmet needs are common dreams 2. Anal/ Potty Training If not handled properly or if child is traumatized, then one might become anal retentive controlling, rigid or develop obsessive ompulsive behaviors. Dreams of being out of control or trying to keep things in order are common. 3. Phallic Personality is fully developed by this stage. This stage is classified by the Oedipus and Electra Complexes. The Oedipus represents a male childs love for his mother and the fear/ jealousy towards his father. The Electra is the female version where the female child has anger toward her mother and exhibits penis envy 4. Latency 5. Genitalduring sleep, your unconscious has the opportunity to act out and express its hidden desires. Freud was preoccupied with sexual content in dreams. He believed that every long slender or elongated objects (knife, represented the phalllus, while any cavity or receptacle (bowl, caves, etc) denotes the female genitalia.  The 5 Stages of Personality Development: Freud believed that there were 5 stages in the formation of your personality. Personality Formation 1. Oral/Dependency If needs are not satisfied during this stage, one goes through life trying to meet them. Smoking, eating and drinking are seen as oral fixations. Recurring dreams and the feeling of incompleteness and unmet needs are common dreams. 2. Anal/ Potty Training If not handled properly or if child is traumatized, then one might become anal retentive, controlling, rigid or develop obsessive compulsive behaviors. Dreams of being out of control or trying to keep things in order are common. 3. Phallic Personality is fully developed by this stage. This stage is classified by the Oedipus and Electra Complexes. The Oedipus represents a male child's love for his mother and the fear/jealousy towards his father. The Electra is the female version where the female child has anger toward her mother and exhibits "penis envy". 4. Latency 5. Genital