But then a cold voice may say: Self-discipline can bring freedom, being fat is a sin, and you can’t control your mouth, so why talk about self-discipline? This voice is the superego.

When we see delicious food, the idea that immediately pops up in our mind is to eat and enjoy the delicious food immediately. This is and I . But then a cold voice may say: Self-discipline can bring freedom, being fat is a sin, and you can’t control your mouth, so why talk about self-discipline? This voice is the superego. There is also a voice that tries to reconcile the mud and says: Then I will take a bite, and I won’t get fat if I take a bite. This is the self.

We have to get up early and go to work every morning. I don't want to get up or go to work. The superego will say: No! Gotta go to work! Have you forgotten your dream? After a lot of suffering, I got up after lying down for about ten minutes and got up in a daze.

The self is innate, it is subconscious, and happiness is supreme here. Eat when you're hungry, sleep when you're sleepy, and have sex when you're impulsive. Freud said: The id is a cauldron full of boiling excitement, full of repressed desires, among which sexual instinct dominates.

Self begins to develop when people are young. It is conscious, rational, and realistic. For example, when you want to sleep in and don't want to go to work, you will remind yourself that if you don't go to work, you won't have money. If you don't have money, you won't be able to buy delicious and fun things. Just go to work for the money.

The superego is cold and above-the-line. It is based on moral principles, such as "life requires struggle", "self-discipline brings freedom" and other lofty beliefs. These are usually learned from our parents when we are seven or eight years old. The superego is not necessarily correct because our parents' ideas themselves may be wrong.

The id, ego, and superego are often in a state of stalemate. Sometimes the ego just wants to drink a can of Coke, and the superego will elevate it to the height of life. The self will be tortured by the id and superego in turn, and must mediate between them. When these three "I's" are out of balance, pain and anxiety result. Behind a mysophobia patient, there may be a very strict superego that constantly drives the self and suppresses the self. The ego and the id are in disarray. A person addicted to alcohol may have an overflowing id, a weak ego, and a deficient superego to the point of letting nature go.

Knowing these three "Is", we can understand a lot of pain and anxiety in ourselves. We can try to better understand, balance, and control them, so that it is possible to make our hearts freer and never fall into their war and suffer. When we can satisfy the three "Is" in moderation, instead of favoring one over the other, we will gain inner peace.