Hey Spiritual,

Loving your posts btw..

So in response to your posts eariler talking about the ego and it relation to the unconscious...
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"Jung believed that many psychoses, and particularly schizophrenia, were psychogenic, resulting from an abaissement du niveau mental and an ego too weak to resist the onslaught of unconscious contents. He reserved judgment on whether biological factors were a contributing cause."

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"Abaissement du niveau mental:A lowering of the level of consciousness, a mental and emotional condition experienced as "loss of soul." (See also depression.)

It is a slackening of the tensity of consciousness, which might be compared to a low barometric reading, presaging bad weather. The tonus has given way, and this is felt subjectively as listlessness, moroseness, and depression. One no longer has any wish or courage to face the tasks of the day. One feels like lead, because no part of one's body seems willing to move, and this is due to the fact that one no longer has any disposable energy. . . . The listlessness and paralysis of will can go so far that the whole personality falls apart, so to speak, and consciousness loses its unity...

Abaissement du niveau mental can be the result of physical and mental fatigue, bodily illness, violent emotions, and shock, of which the last has a particularly deleterious effect on one's self-assurance. The abaissement always has a restrictive influence on the personality as a whole. It reduces one's self-confidence and the spirit of enterprise, and, as a result of increasing egocentricity, narrows the mental horizon."

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I'm wondering would that mean that a schizophrenic who has a strong ego would be less likely to experience pyschotic symptoms or on a less regular occurance? Is it possible that someone with a strong ego may experience less severe pyschosis?

Also on the Abaissement part, would this mean at times of say illness/fever, high stress/anxiety or drug use or even REM sleep, that your ego is weakened therefore the pyschosis would be able to push thru the conscious barrier then once your feeling better or off the drugs your ego can replace that barrier?

Im am really curious because my pyschosis is really infrequent, (but can be severe) yet seem to have alot of the other residual/negative symptoms constantly...

'The Ego comprises that organised part of the personality structure that includes defensive, perceptual, intellectual-cognitive, and executive functions. Conscious awareness resides in the ego, although not all of the operations of the ego are conscious. The ego separates what is real. It helps us to organise our thoughts and make sense of them and the world around us.' wikipedia