Super-ego vs. Id, in other words, Angel vs. Devil

This week we have been focusing on Sigmund Freud and his contributions. The topic that interested me the most was his idea about the ego, id, and super-ego. It puts a scientific explanation to the idea that we have a devil and an angel on our shoulders telling us what to do. When we watch movies and the main character has to make an important decision to make an angel and a devil appear on his or her shoulder and they start arguing. In the end the character chooses to do something in between what the angel and devil say they should do. So the main character is the ego.

Sigmund Freud also compared our mind to an iceberg, with the fact that most of an iceberg's mass is underwater and most of our mind is unconscious. This makes a lot of sense to me. Since we don't realize our unconscious desires it relates to us not being able to see the rest of the iceberg that is underwater.

When I have had to make decisions I can see the angel and devil arguing in my mind. For example, my mom needed me to sub on hers and my sister's curling team and she told me I was going to play lead. I wondered why I wasn't playing second, because I am better than my sister, at this point. She told me it was because this was my sister's team and I was just subbing. My id was telling me to say something and complain, but my super-ego was telling me my mom was right and I should just be quiet and listen to her. In the end I decided to play lead and didn't complain.