What is an ego problem? What is an ego?

Answer 1

I suppose it starts with how you choose to define "ego" but let's keep it simple and just say that it's your sense of self-worth. If you want something more complex then start reading Freud. So if you have an ego problem it might be one of two things. An over inflated sense of self-worth as in the term egomaniac. Meaning you think you're better than everyone else. Or maybe you undervalue yourself and think everyone is better than you, so in that case you would be insecure. There's a few different ways to look at all this.

Answer 2

An ego is your sense of self... Basically your self-esteem and self-image.

A person can have an "inflated ego", where they might feel they're better than others and have the right to boss them around, or that they're not at fault for anything. You might also look up Narcissism(1).

On the other hand, there are people with small egos, they don't think much of themselves, and they can be very humble/modest.

Those would be the two main ego problems I can see. I'd say having a "healthy" ego is being able to easily work with others while having confidence in yourself and your abilities.

Answer 3

In 1923, Freud introduced new terms to describe the division between the conscious and unconscious: The “id” (fully unconscious) contains the drives and those things repressed by consciousness; the “ego” (mostly conscious) deals with external reality; and the “super ego” (partly conscious) is the conscience or the internal moral judge

in common usage someone with an ego problem is usually determined to be stuck on themself, have an inflated sense of self worth.

Answer 4

Ego is your sense of self. It's how you perceive yourself.

An ego problem is when you have an over-inflated opinion of yourself. You think you're better than other people and your actions reflect that.

Answer 5

An 'ego' is an essential part of a human beings happiness.Its strength in what you stand for, and who you are.I feel like this is confused with people appearing outwardly over-confident which stupid as it sounds is probrably due to a lack of 'ego' ( and strength of personality in who you are), and is to over-compensate for that.

Answer 6

its a condition that many guys have, one of the symptoms of having an ego is the inability to ask for directions.

Answer 7

a good question
ego is a problem of many ones
ego means self respect

Answer 8

Mainly they believe that it is everyone else that has a problem