Freud, "The Ego and the ID"In this passage, Freud notes that humans are ultimately driven by their unconscious sexual desires, and whether repressed or encouraged, these drives control almost every behavior that people engage in. These sexual impulses are governed by the forces of the ego and the id. The id encourages us to satisfy our primal sexual instincts while the ego mediates the level to which these desires are actually satisfied within the bounds of what is socially acceptable. While it may be difficult to believe that every action is driven by sexual desires, Freud claims that this is exactly the case. He explains that when these desires are suppressed, we express them through sublimation, meaning that we convert them into different and seemingly unrelated behaviors. Freud insinuates that these sensual and erotic feelings commonly associated with the feeling of love may be instead transferred into feelings of hate. The id, or the driver of the personality, is constantly favoring these instinctual sexual drives and when these are not satisfied, this could cause the individual to displace his or her dissatisfaction by lashing out at others in unhealthy ways and this could also result in damaging psychological consequences to the individual specifically. However, Freud acknowledges the reality that sexual drives are less threatening than others. Destructive drives such as aggression can cause an individual to behave in ways that are extremely detrimental to their own well-being as well as the well-being of those around them. Although unconscious, the ego plays a major role in behavior, it controls whether instinctual sexual drives should be fulfilled or whether they should be suppressed, and to what degree. Essentially, the ego enforces the fundamental approach of reason or self-control. The ego is vital because it introduces the individual into society by equipping him or her with the necessary coping mechanisms which allow for conformity. While it is clearly noted that both the ego and the id are unconscious forces, human life is said to be characterized by the constant arbitration between the two forces. After all, we would not be human if we did not possess an ego which would negotiate with our animalistic instincts.Furthermore, Freud also theorizes that the ego brings about the rejection of the narcissistic concept of self-love. On the other hand, the libido encourages this selfishness. The libido encompasses all of those sexual desires facilitated by the id. One criticism is that Freud claims that the libido is strictly sexual, which, as a psychology minor, I would have to disagree completely. Many humanistic psychologists such as Carl Jungargue that the libido is the force which drives us to want to better ourselves. I personally believe the humanistic approach concerning the libido, which suggests that our actions are ultimately driven by the desire to reach self-actualization in our lives. While I do not completely reject the reality that we possess powerful sexual and aggressive impulses, I believe that the desire to better ourselves as humans is also an important factor in behavior which Freud neglects to recognize.This theory is extremely controversial due to the fact that it is not scientific in any way. Freud himself admits that he has no proof to support his hypothesis aside from his own personal speculations. These assumptions, such as the unconscious mind, are completely impossible to test empirically. Furthermore, Freud's idea concerning the immense influence of sexual drives on our behavior places some limitations on the amount of free will that we actually possess. While Freud's findings are undoubtedly controversial, many concepts, including the claim that we are constantly striving to release our sex and aggression impulses, are extremely difficult to