Ego reduction
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The concept of ego reduction occurs in several contexts. The term is predicated on the use of Sigmund Freud
's concept of the ego to describe the conscious adult self.
Ego reduction has been used
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...
's concept of the ego to describe the conscious adult self.
Ego reduction has been used
- as a goal in Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous is an international mutual aid movement which says its "primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Now claiming more than 2 million members, AA was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith in Akron, Ohio...
- as a concept in BDSMBDSMBDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
play, as in entering "subspaceSubspace (BDSM)Subspace , in the context of a BDSM scene, is a psychological state that can sometimes be entered by the person bottoming in the scene. The term is unrelated to the mathematical term subspace....
" - as a concept in attaining religious humilityHumilityHumility is the quality of being modest, and respectful. Humility, in various interpretations, is widely seen as a virtue in many religious and philosophical traditions, being connected with notions of transcendent unity with the universe or the divine, and of egolessness.-Term:The term "humility"...
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