xious to the ego of the patient, which he did not like to think of consciously” (Brill). The patient was shown to automatically push these thoughts into repression as a defense mechanism. Freud, with further research, devised a theory, which consisted of three steps for the ego system. The first step of the ego system is the Id mentality, the next level is referred to as the ego, and the final level being the super ego. When a child is first born into this ever-changing chaotic world it said to hold the mentality Freud refers to as the Id. The child’s only concern is to fulfill his own needs by whatever means necessary, crying, yelling, screaming, throwing, etc. As the child grows older with experience, their minds take on the reality of the world, which alters their thoughts and actions to obtain what is needed for survival. Once this stage is reached the ego phase is entered. Within this phase the ego will come into conflict with the Id due to realizing what the world has to offer such as religion and ethics. The child’s ego will eventually learn to express it’s feelings of contradiction between its ego and the Id in order to defend against these impulses. The ego eventually turns into a modified version of the Id with time and experience. The super-ego is a modified version of the ego. It is the highest obtainable level of mentality that man can reach. This level can be reached through experiences absorbed from the parents. Freud contends that the feeling of consciousness is born through the super-ego. Freud would next go on to form the Vienna Psychological Society with Alfred Adler, Otto Rank, and Carl Jung. These men later became known as the four pillars of depth psychology. The groups focus concentrated mainly on neurosis. In 1911 Adler resigned from the group and Jung would follow shortly after. The group disagreed on theories and ideas and was short-lived. The four pillars split...
