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The first picture, the superego does not grow. The id dominated a weak ego and a feeble superego. The ego cannot make the balance between the ego and
superego. Consequently, people who dominated by the id nearly constantly strives for his pleasure regardless of what is possible or proper. The second picture, the
superego dominated the personality at the feeling of guilt or inferiority and a weak ego. There will be many conflicts because the ego cannot make a balance and
cannot demand the superego and the id. The third picture, the ego dominated by the id and superego. It is healthy person because the id, ego, and superego operate
in harmony and with a minimum of conflict. The strong ego can demand both the id and superego. The id can control of both pleasure principle and the moralistic
principle. According to all of three pictures, the superego is separate with id because
the superego grows of the ego. The superego watches closely over the ego, supervise of the ego’s decision about actions and intentions. The circle of the ego
is connected with ego and superego because the ego must make the balance between the id and superego. The ego has no strength of its own, but the ego
borrows energy from the id.
b. Pleasure and the Id: Inhibition and the Ego
According to Feist, “Neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego
and its id” Feist, 1998:54. The impulses of the id’s pleasure will increase if the function of the ego is damaged. People who dominated by the id will become very
id driven because their ego no longer could inhibit basic drives and instincts. “The
underlying theme I the frontal lobe- injured patients is their inability to stay
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“reality bound” ego and their propensity to interpret events much more through “wishes” id” Feist, 1998:55. It means they created the reality that they wanted
or wished for. Sometimes, neurosis called psychoneurosis and mental disorders. Neurosis is a mental disorder that occurs only on the part of the personality, so
people who have neurosis can still do activity in daily life. There are six kinds of neurosis and factors that make them.
i. Anxiety neurotic Anxiety neurotic is apprehension about an unknown danger. The factor in
anxiety neurotic is something that should have been disclosed but buried. ii. Hysteria neurotic
Hysteria is a neurotic characterized by emotional reactions that are not controlled. There are two kinds in hysteria neurotic. First is hysteria minor or the
converse reaction. In minor hysteria, the anxiety is converted into somatosensory, like paralysis, convulsions, death touch, blind, and deaf. Second is hysteria major
or dissociation reactions. Hysteria of this type can occur when the anxiety so severe, it can separate the function of personality with one another. The hysteria
neurotic happens because of the traumatic experiences painful experiences and then repressed or suppressed into the unconscious. The traumatic experience
cannot be eliminated, but there are still the traumatic experiences in the unconscious.
iii. Phobic neurotic Phobic neurotic is mental disorder with the main symptoms of phobia
which is a great fear with irrational object or situation. Phobic neurosis occurs
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because the patients have a great fear and shock with particular situation or object. That experience is pressed into unconsciousness, but the experience cannot be lost
and will appear when there is a similar stimulation. iv. Obsessive- compulsive neurotic
The obsessive refers to an immediate idea into the mind and the compulsive refers to the impulse that cannot be detained for not performed even
though those actions are not necessary. The obsessive- compulsive neurotic occurs when the conflict between the desires be pressed or transferred. It also occurs
when people who have obsessive- compulsive neurotic has a mental and emotional trauma with childhood experience.
v. Depressive neurotic The characteristics of depressive neurotic are less or not excited, low self-
esteem, and tend to blame themselves. Depressive neurotic occurs when people who have depressive neurotic have the negative though and also creates a negative
atmosphere. People who have depressive neurotic understand reality is not what reality actually is, but how they interpreted. Their interpretation can be wrong and
even contradict with the reality. vi. Neurasthenia
Neurasthenia occurs when people who have neurasthenia are too long pressing their feelings, inner conflict, and anxiety
. The neurasthenia’s desires are unobstructed. People who have neurasthenia often fail in the face of the
competition.
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D. Theoretical Framework
