Question

Oberon has always been fascinated by fire, but he knows that it can be dangerous and sometimes lethal. when he finished high school, he decided to become a firefighter, and the job is extremely fulfilling for him. he gets to spend his days saving people from fires that might have hurt them or damaged their belongings, and he even wins an award for being fearless in hazardous situations. freud would probably say that oberon's fascination with fire

Answer 1

Freud would say that is, "it has been sublimated into a socially desirable behavior." This is sort of a defense mechanism, in which socially inadmissible driving forces or admirations are unwittingly changed into socially adequate activities or conduct, perhaps bringing about a long haul transformation of the underlying motivation.