12/24/2022 0 Comments Freud superego![]() ![]() Further, they might make a decision just then and there and create a problem. The people who give in to the desires of id can involve in activities such as smoking, drinking, viewing pornography, daydreaming and masturbating. A decade ago in a teashop in Bhaisepati in Lalitpur, people were talking about how an ill person was forbidden to eat mangoes by his doctor but the patient couldn’t resist the temptation one evening only to be found dead the next morning. Giving in to id sometimes can have grave consequences too. So I demanded I be served rice with only one type of curry or even just with milk. Once, I was hungry and couldn’t wait until my mother cooked all the food items. Let me relate the idea with my own childhood. ![]() Because it is impatient it wants its needs, wants and desires to be fulfilled right away. It doesn’t bother about the consequences it might face in the course of fulfilling its desires. Its mantra is pleasure and wants to avoid pain. Further, it is impatient, impulsive, irrational, and unrealistic. It has all kinds of feelings such as greed, love, lust, hatred, hedonism, sexual desires, and evil feelings. The traits of id are present in all creatures. When it is let free, it can follow any path and go to any direction. It doesn’t distinguish between what is reality and what is fantasy. In an attempt to make the basic principles clear, without delving into jargons like Oedipus complex and Electra complex, I will try to describe id, ego and superego with some examples.Īccording to Freud, id is instinct-related and is present in us since birth. Understanding the functions of these elements will make teachers aware of three types of personality working in a person and can be useful in teaching learning activities. However, the basic concepts of these three levels of personality may not have been well understood by many people involved in teaching here in Nepal. The concepts of id, ego, and superego of Austria-born psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud are quite popular in the world and these tripartite elements seem to be working in every individual. If the teachers teach with awareness of functioning of id, ego and superego, they will understand why their students behave the way they do ![]()
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