Friday, 6 November 2015

SuperEgo - for real, I

-the parent figure
-the inner critic
-the superego
-the teacher figure

Something that I thought was ridiculous, a topic from psychoanalysis, may well be proven to be a real thing in the brain. There seems to be a correlate and even flies have it!
So it seems hidden among our thoughts because it speaks the same language that we do! That way this inner critic seems like the same thing as other streams of thoughts in our normal consciousness. But it is very different. When it works we think more about our activities' effects and outcomes - we reflect on the future. Aside from avoiding stress this way we can obviate various problems that may come to us, from whatever sphere of life that we care to think about.  


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