Application of The Reality Principle
The reality principle is prevalent when it takes effect in the wake of puberty and increases the maturity of the choices the individual makes. These individuals are no longer children who must succumb to every need, but blossoming young adults who have the ability to defer gratification in favor of more suitable circumstances. What is dominant in the mind is no longer only what is pleasurable, but what is real, even if it happens to be disagreeable. This development is representative of “childhood impotence turning into adult potency”. The change in the reality principle from adolescence to adulthood is a critical transition in furthering its development, but the impact of certain traumatic experiences may prove to be detrimental from within the unconscious. In the new reality principle, the individual must find themselves to be represented as a strong presence within their own mind and making reasoned decisions, instead of being merely perceived. It is the culmination of the way in which an adolescent learns to experience oneself in the context of their external reality.
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