Freud believed being neurotic (the internal struggle of Id versus Superego) is NORMAL; was he basically right?

Question

He said we ALL suffer from neuroses, merely as a natural feature of the human condition. Do You agree?

Answer 1

Freud was certainly right .... about teenagers.

That tension resolves as our understanding of ourselves, our place in the world, other's place in the world & the general suffering of human life develops & deepens.

One can still be aware of what society or others ask of us, & it's critical to understand your own feelings & motivations, but they no longer originate solely from biological urges or selfishness.

When the motivation springs neither from fear of society/others punishment/ transgression [superego] nor from mistaken view of "self-love"[id], then neuroses has passed from the mind & the individual has achieved a level of maturity that Freud himself did not.

How could Freud write about what he had not seen in himself?

Answer 2

No. Freud was a Fraud.

I am not neurotic and as for his summation of id vs Superego, what he was eluding to but totally missing the point on was the Id, your sub conscious mind, and the Superego, Your high self, or your soul, along with your conscious mind are when in the normal state, not in conflict.

The conscious mind or the middle self, has control over the id in that the id is much like a very powerful and obedient child. So in essence, any conflict would be between the conscious self, or middle self, and the Superego or high self or your soul.

Anything you think, or say, or write, is directly input to the id and is accepted to be reality. Therefore, the struggle Freud suggests is the struggle of good vs evil or the struggle between conscious mind and soul when the conscious mind is not striving for good and right. This is what is meant when one says their conscious was bothering them. The conflict between conscious mind and soul.

The id cannot tell the difference between a real event, or an imagined event. so when you see yourself being happy, wealthy, and healthy, then so shall it be because it will be manifested into reality by the id. Remember the saying, be careful what you ask for and believe because you will most assuredly get it.

So to answer your question, Freud was not even close to being even basically right. and in repeating myself, Freud was a Fraud and a whack job and wanted to create a reality in his own mind that everyone else was equally as whacked as he was. Misery loves company.

Darryl S.

Answer 3

I have to yet find anything in Freud's work I can agree with. He was a extremely neurotic. I've meet schizophrenics that have more accurate theories than his.

Answer 4

I completely agree, we had to learn about this in english class when we read lord of the flies. It seems pretty logical. Do you agree?

Answer 5

I agree, it's just that some people handle it better then others.