How Does the Ego (Responsible Brain) Gain Control of the Id (Immature Brain) if the Id Has Complete Control?
Question by Ivory: How does the Ego (responsible brain) gain control of the Id (immature brain) if the Id has complete control?
So the id that Freud proposed is completely narcissistic, dependent and irresponsible, like an inner child. It exists at an unconscious level and reacts to the pressures of the responsible mind with anger. It resists any attempts at self discipline through negative self-talk which exists in the unconscious.
So what does a person do when they’ve lost control and their Ego has succumbed to the demands of their Id? This may be a person who is irresponsible and only does things that are immediately satisfying, like playing games, when they really should be looking for a job (for example). How do you address the Id part of your brain if it’s in the unconscious? How does one gain control back to become a responsible person who doesn’t give in to the Id’s demands?
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Answer by Rawrmagaddon!
Well, you can always fight fire with fire.
Not that it’s a wise thing to do of course.
Answer by bluegoat114
Freud wrote of the defense mechanisms this is how the ego controls the id…there are many…repression, sublimation, projection, intellectualization, etc. etc….some were good, some not…all are not if used to excess. BUT this is how the id is controlled. The person learns that needs cannot be satisfied according to the pleasure principle, so with the growth of the ego, the reality principle comes into play…all to gratify needs, but with regard to the external world and with a delay in gratification. Remember the unconscious always “rears up” in distorted ways…the person is just not aware of the motivation….so how to get back to control? Well…Sigmund of course would say, “lots of psychotherapy”…drugs to release the unconscious (he was a cocaine addict…not known at the time it was addictive”…Freudians today use projective techniques..anything to release the unconscious to understand the motivation of the behavior”) That’s Freud in a nutshell..(psychology professor)
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