Journal 63: On Impulse

The impulse is the uninhibited thoughts that drive one to do something that might or might not be socially appropriate. As Freud called it, there is an unconscious in every men's heart. They are not aware of their unconscious but all their decisions are a fraction of their unconscious and they act out of the balance of the two forces in their unconscious. The id is the part of the unconscious that desires lust, raw satisfaction, and primal instincts for optimal arousal. Another part of the unconscious is called the superego. The superego did not come from the person's own creation. The superego is injected by society, community, of rules and laws that govern one's social acceptable behavior. If the id is the child, then the superego would be the parent monitoring and regulating behavior and thoughts of the kid. The id is the true person and the superego is what the person comes in contact with. After the superego regulates and rid of all the unrealistic or unacceptable desires then it presents to the ego, the conscious part of a person and that's what the person acts on. The impulses that come out to play might be more superego than the id or it might be the opposite way around. Usually, the more it is leaning toward the superego, the more morally upright and socially acceptable it is, and the more it is leaning toward the id is the more ruthless carefree personality.