Id, Ego, Superego

Analysis of a Social Phobia Case According to Structural Personality Theory (Id, Ego, Superego, Conflict, Anxiety)

45-year-old (Female) B.E is working as a mathematics teacher at a school. B.E, who did not have any chronic diseases in the past, does not have any disease history other than Social Phobia. B.E. Since his childhood, he was very reluctant to speak in front of a crowded social circle, to stand with others, and to eat and do activities. In the interview, she informed that her mother and aunt had problems in the past, similar to what she saw in herself. Therefore, the client did not need to receive therapy support for many years, considering that her familial predisposition might be like this. When he started working in a public school, he felt the desire to escape from the environment in which the students were in the majority every day and when he felt that this situation was unbearable for him, he went to a psychiatrist and was diagnosed with social phobia.

Structural Personality Theory

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Id:

It reflects the primitive self of the individual. It constantly puts the wishes and desires of the person in the foreground, and it has a function to meet the inner impulses of the individual immediately, regardless of their unusual and irrational desires. He seeks instant pleasure and does it without thinking (İnanç, 2012). p>Id is the reality of instincts, inner reactions, psychic energy on demand. As a result of an external stimulus or an internal reaction, the id activates the organism to act and react in order to decrease the tension as soon as the stress level increases. After the indicated action or reaction, the blood pressure gradually decreases. This situation is also called the Id's Pleasure Principle (Kuzgun, 1988). It has a mission to eliminate it immediately, at any level. M. A. the gratification of unreal and irrational impulsive desires He must act according to the name and the Id in order to feed them.

Superego:

The individual must act according to harsh morals, starting from the environment in which he lives, the customs and the moral laws he has learned. carefully around its rules, it controls the id in terms of customizing its desires for sexuality and aggression. It prevents unacceptable excessive demands and actions to meet demands. The superego enables the person to internalize the stimuli coming from the environment. Moral, high human value, tradition-custom, social relations are related to the superego (İnanç, 2012). (Özoğlu. 1982).

The individual's positive or negative judgments are provided by the superego. In the case, B. E's constant escaping from the classroom and not wanting to enter the classroom, and considering this situation of his love for education, evaluated this behavior morally and said, "No matter what happens, you have to enter that classroom for your children. You can't let them down!” thinking and activating the ideal of raising students useful to society.

Ego

It represents the side of the person that tries to balance between Id and Superego. The ego is the balancing, intelligent, prudent part of the individual. When the id and environmental values ​​contradict the rules, the environment punishes the person. If a solution cannot be found for the situation that creates confusion, the individual will not be happy with this situation. This creates conflict and anxiety. In the ego-level conflict of Id and Supergo, the individual does not want to enter the classroom and wants to be useful to children with the responsibility of being a teacher. This is torn between unstable emotions. When the ego cannot balance this situation, conflict occurs and when wrong conditions and value judgments are added to this situation, the level of anxiety increases (İnanç, 2012). tries to fix it. If this situation can be controlled, defense mechanisms can be used properly. The pleasure-seeking Id crushes the tormenting Superego. He wants to make him do what he says by making it abit. The ego mediates the instinctive impulses of the Id and the pressure of the Superego (Kozacıoğlu, 1995). In reaction situations like this, the foremost tool that comes into play acquires an unhealthy feature that will increase adaptation (Geçtan. 1980. Corsini. 1973). He wants to observe the superego. It tries to find a middle ground between the instinctive defender of the id and the situations threatened by the superego, but uses its defense mechanisms against all the tensions that will arise.

Tries to balance between the threats of the superego. However, in response to the tension that will occur, it uses defense mechanisms by protecting itself against all negativities.

DEFENSE MECHANISMS

Defense Mechanisms Seen in the Case

  • Catastrophizing: “When I speak in public, I will show that I am worried, I will be silly and everyone will make fun of me.

  • Selective Perception: “While I was teaching, two of my students were teaching the lesson. he wasn't listening. They certainly did not like my lecture. If I was a good teacher, they would listen. I am incompetent.”

  • Personalization: “The students were laughing among themselves while answering my student's question in the lesson. They definitely laughed at my way of speaking, tone of voice, and appearance.”

  • Don't think all-or-nothing style: “If I plan to make a presentation, I must either keep every word in my mind or cancel the presentation” (Faith , 2012).

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