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i.If the period of genital libidinal object choice in childhood is successful the vicissitudes of the Oedipus situation leave merely dispositions to illness. Should illness eventuate later the essential thing is to uncover the incest relationship and to conduct genital libido to the outer world.
ii.If fixation occurs during the Oedipus phase at the height of genital narcissistic organization, then when repression occurs, either (a) libido is displaced, or (b) pregenital positions are re-activated. Both types present difficulties, especially (b).