Freud defined the phallic stage as an Oedipus complex in boys and an Electra complex in girls in which the main goal is for the child to become conscious sexual differences. During the Oedipus complex, the boy wants to possess his mother exclusively and get rid of his father. Irrationally, the boy thinks his father might find out and take away what he loves most, causing him to develop castration anxiety. In application to the case of Donald Silva, we can interpret a developing Oedipus complex when he mentions in his childhood a lack of affection from his mother and that his mother was always working and helping the other children with their problems but rarely spent a lot of money. time with