Psychoanalytic Complexes

A named unconscious pattern of desire, conflict or self-perception proposed within classical or neo-Freudian psychoanalytic theory, most drawing their names from figures of myth or drama to describe a recurring dynamic between a person and a parent, an authority figure or their own sense of self-worth. This group gathers the psychoanalytic complexes recorded for this atlas, from Freud's own foundational concepts through later additions describing feelings of inferiority, superiority or a compulsion to rescue or martyr oneself, each treated here as a named theoretical construct rather than a verified clinical diagnosis.