Posted in Perceptions on Jul 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
What are some ego defenses?
Grandiosity
Negative Merging
Schizoid Defense
Defensive Suspiciousness
This is not your ordinary Freudian list of ego defenses. Freud’s list of ego defenses looks something like this:
Denial, Repression, and Suppression
Displacement and Sublimation
Projection and Intellectualization
Rationalization
Regression
Reaction Formation
The difference in these two lists of ego defenses is that one concerns itself with the ego’s defense against anxiety seeking equilibrium [...]
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Posted in Observations on Jul 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Oh, the ego ideal! What misery this little psychodynamic bug-a-boo causes us.
What is ego ideal?
Early on, Freud used both expressions ‘ideal ego‘ and ‘ego ideal’. Later, Freud (1921), (1923) abandoned the use of ‘ideal ego’ using the term ‘ego ideal’ which then became integrated into the term ’super-ego’.
The ego ideal is the standard which the [...]
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Life is journey, or so they say. I tend to think of it more as a process of understanding that is fueled by revelation and discovery.
What is Life – a big question many have pondered, debated, argued and fought over. Let’s leave that one for another time. What is our life? What is our life [...]
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So, we’re seeing here that the most elementary, most external requirement for growth is the willingness to let go of what you believe should happen, what you believe things should be, what you believe will make you happy. – A.H. Almaas
How many ways are there to express ignorance or stuborness? How often do we find [...]
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