The Ego and the Id Paperback – March 22, 2010

Good

The book provides overview of different external factors like fear of death, melancholia, and their relation to ID, ego, and superego. Some of these concepts are difficult to grasp at times but the interplay between different mental faculties and response generated because of different types of stimulus is analyzed in this book, which was interesting.

I studied Psychiatry and Psychology when trianing to be a nursesonme 35 yers ago so i know about the subject matter. It is about Sigmund Frued the most celebrated Psychiatrist in history next to Jung.who was one of his pupils and confidents. If you want to learn about early human development this is a book to read. Once again it is relatively short for those who can not sustain concentration for a more lengthy book.

It's Sigmund Freud so unless you understand narcissism fluently, you may struggle understanding some of the topics.

I persevered to get through this but Freud is a difficult read. Maybe it doesn't translate well, but the phrasing and word selection feels unnecessarily complex. Still, some interesting ideas presented thst are worth further exploration and discussion. Don't think I'll be reading direct from the source again though.

Freud is so misunderstood sometimes and yet so many use his thoughts. We have become to evolved in believing have evolved. He and many before him had great insight that we should not neglect.

Good ideas though some words are undefined such as object-cathexis and it was hard for me to determine whether there was a difference between ideal and id.

Freud was a weirdo sometimes, but this book is fantastic and it came in great condition.

It explains everything. It's no wonder it's what the entire practice of psychodymics was based on. I wish I'd discovered it sooner.

One should read it to know oneself

Wow! One of the most amazing books I have ever read. One cannot cast light on psychoanalysis better than Freud. Coming from eastern roots and having read eastern schools of thoughts, I realized Freud explain the soul of religions in a western language. Language understandable fpr materialistic culture.

Got here quick and if you know anything about Freud you'll know that you're in for an enriching read.

Poor old 'id', gets a bad press, just needs a bit of love and acceptance.... just don't let it play with matches.