During the discussion of psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud, I was really amaze by his

proposals especially for the theory of mental life and provinces of the human mind. Our mental
life is divided into three according to him. Our conscious is the part of our mind that we are
totally aware, the preconscious is the stage wherein we can still access some memories but not
totally vivid unlike the conscious mind and lastly the unconscious mind. Our unconscious mind
is responsible for those drives, urges and instincts that are totally beyond our awareness.
Therefore these theories tend to highlight that we forget some memories because of the role of
unconscious mind and vice versa. Moreover I also realize that we need to balance our provinces
of the human mind in able to achieve better harmony of oneself. The id is the impulsive side of
us and it is being operated by the pleasure principle, the ego is the region of our mind that has a
real contact to the reality governed by the presence of reality principle and lastly the superego.
The superego is the one that is responsible for our ideal aspects, idealistic morals and principles.
Therefore the superego is governed by the moral principle. Further, the best realization that I’ve
learned is the ego should be the dominant province rather than the superego and id. If the id is
dominant it can lead to narcissism and if the superego is dominant it can lead to
psychopathological problems depending on the dominant subsystem of the superego. In order to
make these two stable, the ego must prevails.
In the other hand I do believe that these principles can truly affected me personally because it
already gives me an insight about how can I better manage myself especially for the theory of
provinces of the mind it tend to ideas on how to fix my distorted id, superego and ego. Further, I
also understand that the notion of Sigmund Freud is truly important to maintain self-
development. I’ve also learned that psychoanalytic theory also tend to give me an idea about
being patient and possess the ability of perseverance. I should not always listen to my id but I
should learn how to maintain that childish part of mine in able to be better and attain self-
realization.
In the end by the help of Freudian theory I can totally practice the values of being patient
and perseverance especially for my studies. I can be totally aware about the existence of my id
side and as much as possible I need to maintain it without abusing my ego and superego.
Therefore, in order to apply these core values I need to satisfy the demands of my provinces of
the mind but in a moderate way in order to avoid any psychological problems such as narcissism,
depression and etc. In fact, by using of provinces of my mind I can be totally aware about the
signal of procrastination and laziness demanded by my id therefore my ego should know how to
fix this one.

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