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Freud suggests that these repressed drives may be redirected into other activities, such as the formation of friendships, or hobbies.

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Making the Modern World - Freud's theory of 'Psychosexual Development'

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Freud advanced a theory of personality development focussing on the effects of the sexual pleasure drive on a person's emerging personality. According to his theory, parts of the personality develop as we move through a series of psychosexual stages. Each stage is characterised by different demands for sexual gratification and different ways of achieving that gratification.

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Freud's theory of psycho sexual stages of development

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Freud's theory of psycho sexual stages of development

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Sigmund Freuds Theory of Psychosexual Stages of Development

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Erogenous Zone: Maturing Sexual Interests. During the final stage of psycho sexual development, the individual develops a strong sexual interest in the opposite sex. This stage begins during puberty but last throughout the rest of a person's life. Where in earlier stages the focus was solely on individual needs, interest in the welfare of others grows during this stage. If the other stages have been completed successfully, the individual should now be well-balanced, warm, and caring. The goal of this stage is to establish a balance between the various life areas.

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During the oral stage, the infant's primary source of interaction occurs through the mouth, so the sucking reflex is especially important. The mouth is vital for eating and the infant derives pleasure from oral stimulation through activities such as tasting and sucking. Because the infant is entirely dependent upon caretakers, the infant also develops a sense of trust and comfort through this oral stimulation. The primary conflict at this stage is the weaning process the child must become less dependent upon caretakers. If fixation occurs at this stage, Freud believed the individual would have issues with aggression. Oral fixation can result in problems with drinking, eating, smoking, or nail biting.

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No further sexual development takes place during this stage  Freud thought that most sexual impulses are repressed during the latent stage and sexual energy can be hobbies and friendships. Much of the child's sexual energy is channelled into developing new skills and acquiring new knowledge. Children confined to other children of the same gender, usually repress their sexual urges.

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The child now becomes focused on the anus and gets great pleasure from going to the toilet. Freud believed that this type of conflict tends to come to a head in potty training, in which adults impose restrictions on when and where the child can go to the toilet. The nature of this first conflict with authority can determine the child's future relationship with all forms of authority.

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Sensitivity now becomes concentrated in the genitals (in both sexes) and pleasure becomes a new source awareness.  The child becomes aware of anatomical sex differences, which sets in motion the conflict between attraction, resentment, rivalry, jealousy and fear which Freud called the Oedipus complex (in boys) and the Electra complex (in girls). This is resolved through the process of identification, which involves the child adopting the characteristics of the same sex parent.