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They're diseases of the superego, not social or cultural diseases. It makes no sense to say that a culture or society can directly bring about mental illness,
by ghughu 9y ago
They're diseases of the superego, not social or cultural diseases.
It makes no sense to say that a culture or society can directly bring about mental illness, but it makes sense to say that a person's superego is influenced by society and culture, and it makes sense that the superego can make a person mentally ill.
Otherwise, people will (correctly) argue that society and culture doesn't have that much power over a person's psyche.
Just use the correct term: superego.
- ggggtez 9y agoI think you'll find Freud is largely not taken seriously. You can't use whatever model you want, but I wouldn't call it correct.