FREUD IN LOHAN'S MIND
CONFLICT BETWEEN ID, EGO AND SUPEREGO
The ID, where our biological urges, natural desires or instincts come from. Lindsay's ID doesn't want the spotlight she is on, she wants to stop having to put so much effort into her career, to skip work, it wants to go out, party, drink, be crazy, do drugs, not caring about what others will say or what's unlawful. It just thinks about having fun, being with the boy she likes the most at that moment, even if it represents skipping a sentence of community services.
The SUPEREGO is the "conscious" and moral part of our personality. It knows what is right and wrong, what you should do, according to our society's rules. If we think about Lohan's personality, the superego would be that voice in her head that tell her to go to work every day (so they don't fire her), to have a good behaviour in front of the cameras, not to do drugs, not to drink and drive, not to steal, not to get drunk, not to cheat on her boyfriend...
The EGO would be the path in between both of them; that part of the personality that considers both id and superego, and strives to meet the demands of both. In Lindsay's case, her ego would not be balanced. A normal ego would make her go out and drink, but with responsibility, and probably not the day before she has to go to work. It would make her be aware of the importance of doing the community services, and would make her realize that if she did not do them, she would have a harsher sentence. And the same deal with drug use, relationships...
But instead, she seems not to care about her professional career, and accomplish her id's desires instead of finding a point in between. Her id takes a too-big part on her personality, and her superego seems very small.
The ID, where our biological urges, natural desires or instincts come from. Lindsay's ID doesn't want the spotlight she is on, she wants to stop having to put so much effort into her career, to skip work, it wants to go out, party, drink, be crazy, do drugs, not caring about what others will say or what's unlawful. It just thinks about having fun, being with the boy she likes the most at that moment, even if it represents skipping a sentence of community services.
The SUPEREGO is the "conscious" and moral part of our personality. It knows what is right and wrong, what you should do, according to our society's rules. If we think about Lohan's personality, the superego would be that voice in her head that tell her to go to work every day (so they don't fire her), to have a good behaviour in front of the cameras, not to do drugs, not to drink and drive, not to steal, not to get drunk, not to cheat on her boyfriend...
The EGO would be the path in between both of them; that part of the personality that considers both id and superego, and strives to meet the demands of both. In Lindsay's case, her ego would not be balanced. A normal ego would make her go out and drink, but with responsibility, and probably not the day before she has to go to work. It would make her be aware of the importance of doing the community services, and would make her realize that if she did not do them, she would have a harsher sentence. And the same deal with drug use, relationships...
But instead, she seems not to care about her professional career, and accomplish her id's desires instead of finding a point in between. Her id takes a too-big part on her personality, and her superego seems very small.
About Freud's defense mechanisms
-She uses rationalization repeatedly; she makes excuses, that might be true, blaming her problems on the stress she suffers and on her parents; saying drugs are a gateway to her difficult life as a star; and claiming that she had never boundaries when she grew up. She also claims "nobody is perfect". Lohan continuously uses sentences like "everything was hitting me at once".
-Denial: after her first scandals, she totally denied what she had been accused for by the press. She has also denied her mom had done cocaine after telling her dad the opposite (the call phone was recorded and released by him).
-Projection: she says that society hates her, and that press always talks badly about her, but it might be that she dislikes herself, and attributes this feeling to society.
-Reaction-Formation: on one interview with Oprah, she just had got out of rehab (three days before) and she seemed to be really happy. And this may have happened several times when being on TV, faking her happiness.
-Regression: during one of her trials (published on Youtube), she was crying right after hearing her sentence (jail for 3 months). She was reverting that behaviour from her childhood, when crying was useful to get her id's desires.
-Displacement: Probably, she took out frustration created by popularity on her boyfriends.
-Sublimation: Doing drugs and drinking was a gateway to her stress, so used them to channel her feelings.
SEXUAL STAGE
She is in the genital stage. She is a very sexual girl. Even though she has been in many relationships, a lot of them swift, I don't think there is any motives to conclude anything else.
-She uses rationalization repeatedly; she makes excuses, that might be true, blaming her problems on the stress she suffers and on her parents; saying drugs are a gateway to her difficult life as a star; and claiming that she had never boundaries when she grew up. She also claims "nobody is perfect". Lohan continuously uses sentences like "everything was hitting me at once".
-Denial: after her first scandals, she totally denied what she had been accused for by the press. She has also denied her mom had done cocaine after telling her dad the opposite (the call phone was recorded and released by him).
-Projection: she says that society hates her, and that press always talks badly about her, but it might be that she dislikes herself, and attributes this feeling to society.
-Reaction-Formation: on one interview with Oprah, she just had got out of rehab (three days before) and she seemed to be really happy. And this may have happened several times when being on TV, faking her happiness.
-Regression: during one of her trials (published on Youtube), she was crying right after hearing her sentence (jail for 3 months). She was reverting that behaviour from her childhood, when crying was useful to get her id's desires.
-Displacement: Probably, she took out frustration created by popularity on her boyfriends.
-Sublimation: Doing drugs and drinking was a gateway to her stress, so used them to channel her feelings.
SEXUAL STAGE
She is in the genital stage. She is a very sexual girl. Even though she has been in many relationships, a lot of them swift, I don't think there is any motives to conclude anything else.