What is the differance between Ego& Superego?

Question

it is related to desire&action

Answer 1

The ego is the conscious self and the super ego is like the morality we learned, partly unconscious.

Answer 2

The ego mediates between the id, the super-ego and the external world. Its task is thus to find a balance between primitive drives, morals and reality while satisfying the Id. Its main concern is with the individual's safety and allows some of the Id's desires to be expressed, but only when consequences of these actions are minimal.

The super-ego is a symbolic internalization of the father figure and cultural regulations. The super-ego tends to stand in opposition to the desires of the id because of their conflicting objectives, and is aggressive towards the ego. The super-ego acts as the conscience, maintaining our sense of morality and the prohibition of taboos.

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Answer 3

Ego is the part of the brain that deals with the physical world and its problems and how we present ourselves to the world.
The superego is More like the Soul and is a bridge between both planes of existence. It tries to balance out the physical urges against the laws of the Creator.

Answer 4

You will have to explore life, take risk to find what is truth, reality and fact. Though what i say is theorothical, the fact remains that when you will try to observe facts and reality of life, then you as a presence of ego cannot exist with the fact. It will be a painful experience. READ FURTHER ONLY IF YOU CAN WITHSTAND THE PAIN OF FACING REALITY. Take for example, you are married. Though your mind should only be interested in having sexual intercourse with only your wife, the fact remains that it is attracted to any women which is beautiful. The fact remain that you feel that there is nothing wrong in having sex with other women provided no one knows about it. NOW COMES THE DANGER ZONE. Now think the other way around. Even your wife can be sexually attracted towards other men but may not get into a sexual intercourse since she is financially dependent on you. Women are polygamous in nature as men are. You may be experiencing a burning sensation in your body but that may be the ego is suffering, the mind. The fact is mind cannot withstand fact. But once you are strong enough to see all facts of life, then life as its own beauty. If you feel there is any element of truth, then do not forget to read books or hear audio tapes of OSHO and J.KRISHNAMURTHI, most beautiful person in the world ever existed. The time that i have spend with them was like LIVING IN PARADISE. hope you may experience the same?

Answer 5

I think Ego is the alter ego of Superego. He changes in a phone booth.

Answer 6

Ego is the one that works out what you are actually going to do, it interfaces with reality.

The superego knows what is socially desirable and undesirable.

And Damien is completely wrong, it is the id that is our impulses.

Answer 7

Ego & Superego are not good for human

But sometime it works - still not advisable

Be yourself

Answer 8

As babies, we grow inside our mothers—fully attached. Then comes the separation. We come into this world still attached and enmeshed with our mother and without the ability to distinguish ourselves from her. As an infant, it is all one and the same. This is the process by which we become an autonomous human being. The physiological separation of birth precedes the psychological separation and birth of the self. We call this process individuation.
Ego” is Greek for I. In the Greek New Testament or a Greek version of Plato or Aristotle any time someone says, “I...” they utter the word ego. Thousands of years later Sigmund Freud designated ego as the sense of self, the “I” that deals with and relateNormally our ego-strength grows and develops psychologically as we grow and develop physically. It’s part of our psycho-cognitive-social development. We develop more and more of a sense of self as we face reality. As that “I” develops the ability to see and accept reality for what it is, without the magical thinking of wishing and confusing wishing with reality, we develop more strength for coping and mastering the facts and constraints that life puts before us.
Weak ego-strength describes a person’s senses of self that doesn’t easily face, take in, and cope with what is. Instead it fights reality, hates it, and wishes it otherwise. Expectations are unrealistic and based on inadequate understanding. Reality seems too big, too frightening, too overwhelming ... and so we avoid the encounter. In weak ego-strength, we don’t feel up to the task but unresourceful, weak, fragile, unable to cope, etc. The weaker the ego-strength, the less we will engage reality and the more we will flee to superstition, magic thinking and wishing, and addictions.
Strong ego-strength describes the person who first accepts whatever is as existing has raised his or her frustration tolerance, then looks at it and explores it with a view of dealing with it, coping and mastering. With strong ego-strength we do not personalize things that happen in the world or what others say. We notice and we access the necessary resources to deal with it. The strong our ego-strength grows, the more of a sense of self we develop and the greater our a sense of skills and resources, and ability to handle whatever comes.
This use of “ego” differs from how we use when we say, “He has his ego involved” in this or that. Then we are speaking about a person’s self-definition, pride, and reputation. Typically this indicates a weak ego strength and the need to boaster it up by fighting, defending, and being defensive. There’s a paradox here. The stronger our ego, the less our “ego” is involved, or “on the line” with what we do. Strengthening our ego enables us to sit our “ego” aside and to engage the world as we explore what is out there and what opportunities it offers.
Super ego as a meta-state in the matrix of your Self is also a meta-program and so governs how you sort for things and perceive information as you move through the world. As a rich and complex set of embedded frames, your ego-strength plays a significant role in the quality of your life, in your skills for making a difference, and in your ability to effectively face reality.
Super Ego is one state where we can develop a strong and more robust attitude about life. We can grow out of the childish wishful thinking that’s fearful, insecure, and fragile and develop a mind-set about life on its own terms that gives us a robust motivation and an optimistic attitude that allows us to" sign up for life"

Answer 9

The super ego is ....faster than a speeding bullet..more powerful than a locomotive...and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound..................

Answer 10

Ego is when u respect urself........superego is when alongwith respecting urselves u disrespect others.........