Everyone is driven by instincts. Freud said everyone goes through a series of stages which last from birth to 18 called psychosexual stages.
There are 5 stages oral (0 to 1 year), anal (1 to 3 years), phallic (3 to 5 years), latency (6 years to puberty) and genitial (puberty to maturity).
If there is too much gratification at one stage a person will become fixated and their later behaviour will be influenced by it.
For example if someone becomes fixated in the oral stage their later behaviour might consist of nail biting or smoking.
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