Do We All Have a "Mommy Complex"?

We are obviously not talking about a clinical diagnosis here. What we want to look at instead is why, in today's internet culture, words like "mom," "mommy," have become a kind of intimacy code that almost everyone immediately understands. The term originally points to the most primary relationship of care, yet it keeps getting borrowed, generalized, and projected onto strangers, idols, fictional characters, an even desire itself. As a result, "mommy" no longer refers only to an actual mother. It has become a symbol of safety, inclusion, maturity, reliability, and sometimes even a subtle sense of control.