ractice his theories.Otto developed a concept similar to Freud’s ego, which he called the “Will”. Just as the ego is the mediator in Freud’s theory, the will is along these same ideas. The will acts as a directing power in personality. It is seen as a positive force for controlling and using a person’s instinctive wants. Rank thought this to be a good tool for helping his patients with self-discovery and development. (www.britanica.com) He believed that the stronger a person's will was, the more adjusted that person would become. Rank believed that we are born with a will to be ourselves and to be free. He also believed that the outcome of our struggle for this freedom determines what kind of person we will become. He gave three basic personality types that are associated with the type of will we have. The Types are Adapted, Neurotic, and Productive. The adapted type is what Rank would call the average Joe. They obey the rules of their society, authority and deny most of their sexual impulses. “ These people learn to will what they have been forced to do.”(George Boree) So basically these people are just the average anybody. They are the blue collar, tax paying, hard working, Americans who are just as well adjusted as they need to be, no more, no less.The neurotic type, as described by Rank, are those who have a stronger will than the average person. “ The neurotic suffers fundamentally from the fact that he cannot or will not accept himself.”(Rank Art and Artist) However, their fight is constantly an internal vs. external battle. “They tend to worry and feel guilty about being so “willful”.” (Boree) They also tend to be higher developed morally. These are the do gooders of our lives. These are the people who try so hard to be well adjusted that they tend to “spaz”. I do understand though that they are better adjusted because they are constantl...
