Most of us walk around making decisions that benefit our current or future selves: “ego-boosting” decisions. The ego is an ideological construct of the mind and as such can disappear with the right titration of chemicals. There is a well-documented phenomenon that occurs with these substances known as “ego-death.” If you’ve ever eaten too much of a special brownie and felt a bit like you were dying, this is what was happening, and you weren’t entirely wrong in your analysis. I have learned through hundreds of experiences with LSD and thousands more with cannabis that the “ego” is really not a real thing at all. Here is my claim: The ego does not exist. People with schizoaffective disorders are able to get direct messages from the super-ego (like Carl Jung and his visions), and in my experience, drugs such as psilocybin and DMT also can facilitate such dialogue. The superego primarily exhibits its influence through the serotonin system. It allows us to transcend primal desires and make decisions that will positively impact our future selves as opposed to the current. The Freudian “superego” is what many would call “God,” “conscience” or “morality.” This is the underlying principle of nature that keeps us all from immediately murdering each other just for fun. It doesn’t have a biochemical basis and exists instead more in a world of ideas. In Freud’s conception, the ego serves as the bridge between the id and superego, weighing immediate carnal needs against the sense of morality that the superego provides. The “ego” according to Freud is the sense of self that we think of as “me.” Most psychologists would contest that this is a very real part of the psyche that holds a great deal of influence over the decision-making of individuals. Now associated with dopamine release, the id is the underlying cause of addiction disorders it’s not your friend, and drugs such as caffeine and sugar can allow it to take more control. The id is primarily concerned with food, immediate survival and, later on, sex.
You can look at a newborn baby for reference - despite the cuteness, those little bastards have no compassion.
We are born with this as our primary setting. According to Sigmund Freud, the human psyche exists in three parts (id, ego and superego) that compete for control of our behaviors.įreud’s conception of the “id” mostly refers to what we would call “instincts” or “impulses.” This is also known as the “shadow,” and in my opinion, the biblical “devil” is referring to the id as well.
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