Ego psychology

American German-born psychoanalyst & essayist

American-German psychoanalyst

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Latin phrase; alternate self

Self-criticism involves how an individual evaluates oneself. Self-criticism in psychology is typically studied and discussed as a negative personality trait in which a person has a disrupted self-identity. The opposite of self-criticism would be someone who has a coherent, comprehensive, and generally positive self-identity. Self-criticism is often associated with major depressive disorder. Some theorists, such as Sidney Blatt, Samantha Reis and Brin Grenyer, define self-criticism as a mark of a certain type of depression (introjective depression), and in general people with depression tend to

Self-hatred is a state of personal self-loathing or low self-esteem.

school of psychoanalysis rooted in Sigmund Freud's structural id-ego-superego model of the mind

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psychological theory

Italian psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1889–1970)

complete loss of subjective self-identity

Freudian concept

In psychoanalysis, egosyntonic behaviors, values, and feelings are in harmony with or acceptable to the needs and goals of the ego, or consistent with one's ideal self-image. Egodystonic (or ego alien) behaviors are the opposite, referring to thoughts and behaviors (dreams, compulsions, desires, etc.) that are conflicting or dissonant with the needs and goals of the ego, or further, in conflict with a person's ideal self-image.

Egomania is a psychiatric term used to describe excessive preoccupation with one's ego, identity or self and applies the same preoccupation to anyone who follows one's own ungoverned impulses, is possessed by delusions of personal greatness & grandeur and feels a lack of appreciation. Someone suffering from this extreme egocentric focus is an egomaniac. Egomania as a condition, while not a classified personality disorder, is considered psychologically abnormal.

psychological theory

Self-affirmation theory is a psychological theory that focuses on how individuals adapt to information or experiences that are threatening to their self-concept. Claude Steele originally popularized self-affirmation theory in the late 1980s, and it remains a well-studied theory in social psychological research.

parts-based psychodynamic approach

the study of either the cognitive, conative or affective representation of one's identity or the subject of experience