5 Moods of Ego & Self-Esteem

Self-Esteem & Ego Have 5 Basic Moods

• Ego will help you to recognize, remove, and replace your ego: a.k.a. self-esteem.
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“The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person’s excessive love of self.” —Plato, Laws

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Ego Pain

• humiliation
• hurt
• loss of face
• low self-esteem
• negative self-concepts
• negative self-images
• negative self-objects
• psychological pain
• shame

Ego pain results from identifying self as negative self-concepts, self-images, and self-objects.

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Avoid or Escape Ego Pain

• fear of being known without a mask
• fear of ego pain
• fear of exposure
• fear of negative self-concepts
• fear of negative self-images
• fear of negative self-objects
• fear of rejection

Avoiding or escaping ego pain is one of the primary activities of defense mechanisms and self-talk.

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Stay Lukewarm or Neutral

• fear of failure
• fear of success
• fear of ego ratings
• fear of self-esteem ratings
• fear of the game of self-ratings
• fear of the stress of playing the rating game

The goal is to live as an undefined ego object. This means trying to maintain neutral self-esteem at all times and at all costs.

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• 5 Moods of Ego & Self-Esteem

Seek Ego Pleasure

• become better than others
• evolve past others
• grow beyond others
• seek better self-concepts
• seek better self-images
• seek better self-objects
• seek superiority in as many ways as possible
• seek to know, do, or be better than others
• study to be better than others
• train to be better than others
• try to get ahead of others

Pursue ego pleasure like an addict pursues their drug. Pride addiction is the strongest and most common addiction.

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Ego Pleasure

• being better than others
• bigger or more important person
• bragging rights
• despising other people
• doing better than others
• famous or noteworthy person
• feeling better than others
• gloating over the failures of others
• gossiping about others’ misfortunes
• hating other people
• having things better than others
• high self-esteem
• knowing better than others
• positive self-concepts
• positive self-images
• positive self-objects
• superiority claims

Ego pleasure results from identifying self as positive self-concepts, self-images, and self-objects.

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5 Moods of Self-Esteem & Ego

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