... by the pleasure principle and the desire for satisfaction of our basic needs, (food, sex etc). The id resides solely in the unconscious and has no awareness of reality, therefore is considered to need "taming", keeping in check, to avoid danger. As children experience the demands of reality and are constrained by the unpleasantness of danger and discomfort, a new structure of personality emerges; The ego - The ego has a very difficult job of managing the conflicting demands of the id and the external danger of reality. The ... in that they both represent influences of the past (my book ...

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