The Ego and the Id

The book provides overview of different external factors like fear of death, melancholia, and their relation to ID, ego, and superego. Some of these concepts are difficult to grasp at times but the interplay between different mental faculties and response generated because of different types of stimulus is analyzed in this book, which was interesting.

Good ideas though some words are undefined such as object-cathexis and it was hard for me to determine whether there was a difference between ideal and id.

Maybe my English skills are not into poetically advanced reading, but bro, I understand Sigmund Freud has a deep reputation in psychology, but he can't write if his life depended on it. His advanced choice of vocabulary coupled with his long run on sentences marks his writing impossible to comprehend. Felt like I was reading a horrible poem with no clue what what being discussed. UPDATE: I took another look at it. Its still very runon-ish, and kinda difficult to read, but its not that bad. Very interesting.

I studied Psychiatry and Psychology when trianing to be a nursesonme 35 yers ago so i know about the subject matter. It is about Sigmund Frued the most celebrated Psychiatrist in history next to Jung.who was one of his pupils and confidents. If you want to learn about early human development this is a book to read. Once again it is relatively short for those who can not sustain concentration for a more lengthy book.

I persevered to get through this but Freud is a difficult read. Maybe it doesn't translate well, but the phrasing and word selection feels unnecessarily complex. Still, some interesting ideas presented thst are worth further exploration and discussion. Don't think I'll be reading direct from the source again though.

Good

Required reading for my personality of psychology class. Book was priced well and shipped quick! This is the same book required the cover is just different.

Great Book Fabulous! A joy to read and pass on to my friends and family to enjoy. Thanks! for your hospitality.

Wow! One of the most amazing books I have ever read. One cannot cast light on psychoanalysis better than Freud. Coming from eastern roots and having read eastern schools of thoughts, I realized Freud explain the soul of religions in a western language. Language understandable fpr materialistic culture.

One should read it to know oneself

Got here quick and if you know anything about Freud you'll know that you're in for an enriching read.

Not a bad little book considering the size of it, packed with some good guidance. The more you read on this subject the better you will understand the states of the mind, keep reading the book every so often and you will learn it also unconsciously and will be amazed at how much you understand, of it when you pick it up again. That is how our minds work...

All this books are a jewel to read.