![]() After transfer to a psychoanalytic facility they took a leaf straight out of Frances Tustin's book and described me as an infantile psychotic caused by my mothers behavior when I was a baby. I was diagnosed while there were still more psychoanalytic views of autism than most people realize (the nineties). The fact that there are aspects of cognition we are unaware of does not prove they are the same as the psychoanalytic (whether Freudian or otherwise) notion of the unconscious. (And simply saying that areas of the brain map directly onto these ideas isn't proof. None of this has a thing to do with the id, ego, or superego, and much less of it has to do with social skills than many people think.Īctually, proponents of such views are the ones who have to provide proof. The way we take in information, process that information, think about information, and go from thinking to action, all appear to be different from nonautistic people (which ways they differ depends, because there are a variety of different types of people who get called autistic). Autistic people have different patterns of strengths and weaknesses than nonautistic people do when measured on different tasks that have to do with thinking and perception. The people who get called autistic usually have a variety of cognitive and perceptual differences that have absolutely nothing to do with the id, ego, and superego. Autism is an abstraction, the people are the concrete reality. ![]() I don't need to propose alternate theories to recognize that a theory doesn't work. Many people have discounted the ideas of freud because it is fashionable to disclaim what he said, but i am very aware that his philosophy is valid. Whatever i do not want to go into it because i am too tired (like a bicycle) but i think the terms are very valuable in psychoanalysis. Psychotics have a strong id and superego and a deficient ego. Psychopaths have a strong id and ego, and a deficient superego. The superego is the constraints placed upon the ego to ensure that morality and ethics are addressed by the ego in the design of the scheme to satisfy the primal desire.Īn id without an ego or superego just grabs what it wants with no further thought.Ī person with only an id will take the sandwich from another persons hand and start eating it without any question or shame.Ī person with an id and an ego will find a way to procure the sandwich which is correlating with valid rules, and will take the sandwich and eat it without concern for the famished state of the person with the sandwich.Ī person with an id and an ego and a superego will consider the neediness of the sandwich holder for nutrition, and may not take the sandwich if it means the owner of the sandwich will starve, The ego is the mechanism that can procure the satisfactory scheme to satisfy the primal desire So, I'm interested on your thoughts on these in relation to autism? It seems obvious to me that the superego is different for us, maybe it defines what's socially acceptable is something different or maybe it has less of an influence on our thinking? Put simply, the id is where all our raw desires come from, whether or not they're acceptable, ethical, or nice, the ego is what relates those desires to the real world and decides which to get out depending on what long-term benefit they will bring and if they are realistic (the majority of those don't get past the ego), and the superego is what makes us act in a socially acceptable way, and makes us feel guilty for certain things, along with controlling our sense of right and wrong. But one thing that's really fascinating me at the moment is how the id, ego, and specifically the superego relate to the autism spectrum, and how they're different for us. doi:10.1002/14651858.I've been reading up on this subject recently, and find it very interesting. Psychodynamic therapies versus other psychological therapies for depression. Comparison of ego strength between aggressive and non-aggressive alcoholics: a cross-sectional study. Kovačić petrović Z, Peraica T, Kozarić-kovačić D. A New Conceptualization of the Conscience. The default-mode, ego-functions and free-energy: a neurobiological account of Freudian ideas. ![]() doi:10.1111/j.Ĭarhart-harris RL, Friston KJ. An evolutionary perspective on gradual formation of superego in the primal horde. Ego, drives, and the dynamics of internal objects.
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