Freud's Structural Theory

Shortly after Sigmund Freud's daughters death in 1920 he published a book called The Ego and the Id. This book explains Freud's structural theory, the motivations and choices and individual makes. Freud believed that every individual had 3 different levels of awareness. 

1.) The Id: functions in the irrational and emotional part of the mind. This operates according to the pleasure principle and seeks immediate gratification. The Id has no regard for consequence. At birth a baby's mind is all Id. It wants what it wants, when it wants it. Typically if a persons Id is too strong they are considered uncaring to another persons feelings.

The Id can also be broken down into two separate components that make up the Id: Eros and Thanatos. Thanatos consist of the aggressive, or death, instinct. Eros consists of personality and the sex, or life, instinct. Eros also contains the Libido.

The Libido, a.k.a. our sexual drive, is instinctual psychic energy that in Psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges and that is expresses in conscious activity. It constantly seeks sexual pleasure and self preservation and is the force driving our decisions. 

2.) The Ego: is the rational part of the mind. The Ego operates according to the reality principle and is extremely objective. The Ego is considered the control center of the personality; it constantly tries to compromise between the Id and the Superego. It desperately tries to avoid displeasure or pain. The ego's responsibility, in short, is to gain the Id's pleasures without suffering consequence. If a person's Ego is too strong they may seem cold, extremely rational, and perhaps even distant.

3.) The Superego: This is where our conscious is held. These are our values, morals, and standards we hold as an individual. The Superego drives you to follow your aspirations and to strive for perfection. Its role is to store and enforce rules on the mind that society and parental roles have placed upon us, this comes from it ability to create anxiety and guilt. It sets the rules for which the Ego must strive. The Superego is the last part of the mind to develop. If the Superego is too strong a person may feel guilty most of the time and may even have insufferably saintly personality.

Personally, my Ego is too strong. Although I am quite humble, I am a very rational person who can seem to serious at times. Which one of three states of awareness do you believe you are too strong in? Leave what state you're too strong in the comments below.