Thursday, February 03, 2005

The story of Id, Ego, & Super-ego

There once lived an orphaned family of 3: the eldest is the Super-ego, and being the eldest, she is the disciplinarian of the household; the 2nd is the Ego, who is the most practical and keeps Super-ego's expectations grounded in reality while inhibiting Id's tantrums. Id, of course, is the youngest of the 3, and is always the one that wants to play and have fun.

When all were young, the Super-ego usually takes charge because she feels all of them needs disciplining and looking after. Ego also feels that it is vitally important for them to be trained in matters like Courtesy, Manners, Righteousness, Responsibility etc, and so made no objections to having Super-ego rule the family with an iron hand. The strict discipline has thus, of course, made Id extremely upset, and she wish to break free from such chains. She was, however, too young to make Ego listen to her thoughts and feelings seriously as Ego had somehow regarded the Id as a trouble maker as well.

Things, however, start to change as both Id and Ego are in their teenage and young adult phase respectively. Id started to speak out louder, and Ego, having gone through the teenage phase, recognises Id's desire to have fun. And so she persuaded and reasoned with Super-ego to let loose her control pf the family. Super-ego was extremely unwilling to do this, but she was feeling fatigued from years of disciplining that she had no energy to argue with Ego. and thus, Id and Ego were allowed to have their 1st taste of Fun while Super-ego take a long holiday overseas. Before she leave at the airport, Super-ego reminded Ego to keep a lookout for Id, for the youngest sister is the one she is most worried about.

Now, Id thoroughly enjoys her taste of freedom in doing things she had always liked to do, and especially when Super-ego is away on holiday, she is sure that she can enjoy this to the max! Sure, Ego did her best in reining in Id, but Ego was never good at disciplining. She is only good at negotiation. And Id's strategy to combat Ego's negotiation is to sweet talk her, and sometimes even tempt her with all the fun she enjoyed. Ego, having no Super-ego to back her up, usually falls prey to Id's requests.

After more than 1/2 a yr has passed, Ego no longer has control over Id. She feels tired at all the futile attempts made to reason with Id, and now she usually just hides in her room, feeling deserted and abandoned while Id goes out day and night to play. During the quiet time at home, she begins to think back to the past, and starts regretting asking Super-ego to let go of the control over the family. She also starts musing about the future. Will Id benefit from all the playing? Will she lose all the important values of Courtesy, Manners, Righteousness, Responsibility that Super-ego had so painstakingly cultivated? What kinda future will Id have???

With those thoughts, Ego decided what she must do. She must get in contact with Super-ego, and get her back here to discipline Id. But Super-ego is on a world tour, and she doesn't tell her whereabouts to anybody. Finding her is worst than seeking a needle in the hay sack! Ego's heart sank... It is almost impossible! .... No! It must be done! Ego made up her resolution to find her eldest sister so that together, they might be able to save her youngest sister from an unimaginable future...







Links:

Introduction :: The story of Id, Ego & Super-ego

The life stories ::
Episode 01 -- Ego's Epic Journey part 01 ; 02 ; 03

Episode 02 -- Id's Chronicles of Daily Living

Finale :: The Case of the Missing SuperEgo

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