Not thinking about elephants

Psychiatrist

Well, what would you like to talk about in today's tutorial?

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Oh, anything at all, as long as it isn't the Oedipus Complex again.

Psychiatrist

It's interesting, isn't it, how the Oedipus Complex often brings out these types of very strong reactions from people.  It just makes you think that Freud must really have been on to something.  I know you don't want to talk about it but there are some fascinating things to consider such as how...

[One hour and fifteen minutes pass]

... ending in the destruction of civil society and the slow rebuilding up again which is, of course, the tragedy of man's inability to process or work through the Oedipus Complex.