The ego contains all instinctive driving forces that require immediate gratification, like a cauldron boiling with instincts and desires. It acts according to the pleasure principle, eagerly looking for outlets, and blindly pursuing satisfaction. The ego Everything in me is always unconscious.

The self is between the id and the superego, represents reason and wit, has defensive and intermediary functions, acts in accordance with the principle of reality, and acts as an arbiter. Supervise the movements of the self and provide appropriate satisfaction. Most of the psychological energy of the self is consumed in controlling and suppressing the self. Anything that can become conscious is in the self, but there may be things in the self that are still unconscious. Things.

For the relationship between the id and the self, Freud had this metaphor: the id is a horse, and the self is the coachman. The horse is the driving force, and the coachman gives the horse direction. The self wants Controlling the id, but the horse may be disobedient, and the two will be in a stalemate until one party yields. Freud has a famous saying: "Where the id used to be, the ego should be." The ego is like a trap. Bao is caught between the "three tyrants": the external world, the superego and the id, trying to adjust the conflicting requirements between the three. Sourced from the Internet.