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Human psyche, Part Two: The Ego

2020-07-30T06:38:00.006-07:00

In this article, I will discuss the ego. Before that let’s recap the Id a bit.Id is primitive, present from birth, works in unconscious mode and creates impulse for instant gratification of any need, want or desire.

Now what is ego? Well, In simplest form, ego is the balance between Id and superego. Ego satisfies the desires of Id in a realistic and socially accepted manner. Let’s see an example: Suppose you are in the meeting and you are hungry! But meeting is important and late to finish, Id wants to eat the food right now. To satisfy that desire, you need to go out in the middle of meeting. Right? But is that appropriate or accepted by the members of society? No. So you just wait for the end and then go to the canteen to meet your demand. Now,this is ego that controls the Id.

A nice to know thing is, When the demand of Id is not met, it creates tension, so that ego can imagine images that matches any object to the Id’s desire. When in the meeting, you can not go out for food, Id creates tension, so you at least can imagine eating a burger in your mind ! Isn’t it interesting ?

Freud in his 1933 book, New introductory lectures on psychoanalysis, he compared the Id and ego to that of a horse and a rider. Horse represents the Id that shows powerful energy to forward motion and rider is the ego, that controls the direction and guide the horse. Without direction, the horse may wander wherever it desired and do whatever it wanted.

In his another 1923 book, From The Ego and The Id, he quoted, “The ego represents what we call reason and sanity, in contrast to the Id, which contains the passions.”

So we can say that, ego is the central part of the psyche that judge and act on the desires of Id according to realistic world and when it is accepted. It can also eliminate the desires of Id, then ego has to deal with extra anxiety and tension created by the dissatisfaction of Id.

Like I said before, we misuse the word ‘ego’ sometimes. We all have it. So no worry from now on! But still a lot of question remains. Is ego good or bad? why I need to know this? How we apply this in our life? I will try to discuss them all in the final part if Almighty wants. Take care.

Human psyche, Part One: The Id

2020-07-29T04:55:00.008-07:00

We all are human being, right? Anyone thinking else ! Just kidding. Today I am going to discuss about human psyche and why it's important to know these stuffs. I am no expert, don't have a degree on this things. My vision is simple, to understand things and to share them in an easy way. To write this article, I took help from different sources. Hope you like it and honestly, this is not a copy-paste element !

Ever heard the name of Sigmund Freud? He is known for his works in human psyche and psychoanalysis. One of his groundbreaking theory gives us knowledge about 3 distinct components of our psyche and they are very much individual and unique in nature. And these components are not parts of our brain ! They are known as-

1. Id

2, Ego

3. Super-ego

You have heard about this 'EGO' of course. But I can say, a lot of us have misconception about this term. We often use this term for a person who looks a bit quiet, restricted in nature. It;s wrong. No matter, we will see what's real and what not.

In this article I will highlight the first component the 'Id'.

It is in simplest form can be described as instant gratification of a desire, want and needs.

If these needs are not satisfied immediately, it can result in anxiety, stress or frustration. Confused? Let's check an example: Suppose you are hungry, your id will drive you to have the food immediately.

It is the most primitive behavior that is built in. It is the only component of psyche that is with us from infancy. It is very important early in life because it ensures that an infant's needs are met in time. Say, if an infant is hungry, it will cry until the demands of the id are satisfied. Young infants are authorized entirely by the id, there is no reasoning with them when these needs demand satisfaction.

Can you convince a baby to wait until dinner to eat their meal. The id requires immediate satisfaction, and because the other components of personality are not yet present, the infant will cry until these needs are fulfilled.

Days go by, we grow up but id remains with us. But the only difference is ego and superego also develops with time and so we can control the id and balance our life. Id is a life saving primitive element for baby to survive, it can demand what it desires and no one says anything, They just react, It is a child! Now think about us. In our everyday life we also behave like infant and want to fill our desire at any cost. Sometimes we lose our morals and sometimes create chaos. That means the Id can control us if you don't control it.

It can lead to crime and anti-social behaviors to fill the desires of Id, We can not eliminate it. It works in unconscious and subconscious level. You can just control it.

Why I decided to make a blog ?

2020-07-27T10:49:00.004-07:00

Well I am not a kind of specialist in this stuff as I am a new comer here. But I think it's a good place for writings and sharing the thoughts and insights. In social media, there are lots of distractions and it becomes tough to concentrate on a particular writing and to get some benefits from them. So I needed a peaceful place and I think I found this !

I am a medical student. And besides my study, I keep interest in different behavioral nature of human being, psychological aspects and day to day varying relationships to the outside world. These things always attracted me and I worked on it for a healthy amount of time and gathered a bit knowledge which is worth sharing I believe. In this world, not everyone can be an expert on everything. There are always lack of resources and time even if we want to learn something. So, sharing is the only way to learn a lot of thongs in this little life.

I am basically motivated by our very little existence on earth with a huge responsibility on us. A lot of time has already gone from our life. There is actually no time to lose now, in this stage of our life. Hope to provide some writings whenever I can manage some time from our busy life. Let's walk together.