Okay this is a real research question that I personally need to know, so please help me I may be exploring a lot of emotional resilience related subject matter.
Can someone explain the Superego, the ego, and the Id I’m layman’s terms according to Freud? is there this viewpoint in other realms of psychology? how does knowing these aspects of self help someone?
I've seen it used in ways that are productive...relationship trauma is complex and I feel his framework for the superego mind and how others have effected us is key to unlocking a lot about ourselves. The appetites area of ourselves, and then the higher aspirations and values side of the superego and then the ego navigating between the two. I feel parents have influence on these aspects and kids Superego's may veer as they get older towards being hypervigilant as a survival tactic, whereas parents who are not as strict might end up with a sloppy kid who just eats a lot, watches TV, doesn't shower, and plays video games all day. A healthy balanced ego is in a state of self-care and growth. I also feel like the Superego can branch into areas such as OCD, hyper vigilance, over achieving, anorexia and other issues with and around control. The ego is there to tell the Superego to calm down, but this isn't always working and the Id can come in and say "let's go get drunk I'm tired of being so stressed out!" I think that if there isn't a healthy balance of these things to begin with in childhood, that it can lead to all sorts of problems later on in life.