Are Egos Healthy? The Surprising Truth About Self-Importance
                                
                                
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                                According to Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the ego is a necessary component of our personality, mediating between primal urges and reality. This raises a key question: are egos healthy? The nuanced answer explores the vital difference between a balanced sense of self and its destructive, inflated counterpart.