- The ego represents what we call reason and sanity, in contrast to the id which contains the passions (Sigmund Freud)
The word normal, I would much rather use the adjective ‘innocent’, has been abused and misunderstood ever since the “science” of psychology took off with Sigmund Freud. I place the word ‘science’ in quotation marks because, again, most of it is more art and guesswork than hard facts.
Portrait of Sigmund Freud (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Innocent means there is no danger to the teen or to others. Let’s face it; sometimes the adolescent goes to extreme emotional states which may easily convert into violent actions. We have seen enough cases of shootings in schools to provoke a slew of regrets as to what may have prevented the tragedy.
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