destruction. Freud says it is natural to move towards death
and this I think is obvious. The feelings we have must be
expressed and released and we direct our feelings outward.
This becomes our aggression toward others. Freud's view
on the mind is in the shape of an iceberg. He believes that
mankind's mind works in the unconscious, which I do not
agree with at all I feel that man is mostly conscious when it
comes to behaviors. Every choice that mankind makes he
is aware of, but maybe the consequences of our action
The Structure of Personality which is another interesting
part of Freud's theory basically states that we have an ID, a
Superego and an Ego. The ID is a biological reservoir of
urges and impulses that need to be gratified. He says the ID
does not have a conscious, it acts on instinct. It seeks out
gratification and pleasure. It is the pleasure principle. The
Superego is the Morality Principle, and the Superego
knows the difference between right and wrong. The
Superego is a bunch of learned internalized morals and
values of society. This is basically the thing that keeps the
ID in check. Freud said that Superego is our conscious,
and that the Superego is the most powerful tool (guilt and
pride). Last but not least is the Ego, which is the reality
principle. The Ego finds socially acceptable ways to satisfy
the ID. It finds the balance between the ID and reality. The
functions of the Ego is to find a compromise between the
ID and the Superego. The Ego must also learn to deal with
anxiety, and it also helps to boost the self-esteem. Without
the Ego there would be no mental health. I completely
agree with Freud's theory of the Structure of Personality
because I feel we have different parts of our behavior that
we can control and that we are conscious about and there
are other behaviors that come directly from our
unconscious. Our ego lies to us, denies, falsifies, ...