y id controlled. However external contact with the outside world shapes and develops the psyche. At this point the ego develops.
             The ego governs and controls the id. The ego is partly conscious and is seen as being 'responsible for practical and rational decision making' (www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/4158/idego.html). The ego allows us to successfully adapt to society. It helps us obey rules and laws. It helps control our primary urges. An example would be for a man not to just go and grab a woman he fancies, and have sex with her, regardless of her consent. The ego helps us manage our desires. Freud distinguished between two ego types, the realist and the narcissistic. The realist id mediates between the pleasure-seeking id
             and reality. 'It satisfies some of the id's desires yet still maintaining society's expectations' (Hayward, 2000, pg 288). The narcissistic on the other hand comes from the Myth of Narcissus it&apo
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