Sunday, March 1, 2009

Superid

Let's start with the Id. Freud used the term to describe our instinctual self. The part of us that is before we're even born. Its the thing that reminds us to breath and blink. Its the thing that makes our stomachs growl and our throats parched.

Freud believed that as we mature, the Id is always there but the Ego and Superego develop and overtake the Id. Freud, we must agree to disagree.

I propose the Superid and declare that it becomes the controlling component of our psyche as we get older. As adults, we are not controlled by the strictures and expectations of society. We are victims of our own needs. The Superego is there, but we dismiss for the Superid.

The inherent need to eat drives us to work jobs we hate or participate in illegal and life-threatening activities. The need to feel loved outweighs our common sense everytime. We stay abusive relationships. We get disrespected. And we stay. The sexual drive overpowers our morals. Fear prevents us from living to our fullest and achieving destinies. These rational responses. They are the most primal of emotions. The ones we are born with and only in our best moments do we shed.