Please tell difference between selfrespect and ego?thanks?

Question

Please tell difference between selfrespect and ego?thanks?

Answer 1

ego=social acceptance

self-determination of your thoughts

Answer 2

if you respect yourself you wont allow yourself to turn into an egoist....

Answer 3

Ego is different from self-respect. The one who has self-respect has the power to listen and accept the criticism that comes his way. But the one with ego only listens to insults, takes it in and suppresses. So he finds that from time to time he needs to burst out and vent out his suppressed feelings. I need to clearly discriminate between criticism and insults and only take criticism rejecting all insults.

When someone says something to correct me, I first need to check in myself if there is any truth in what they are saying. If there is, let me take the learning from it. But if there is nothing to learn, I need to just learn to ignore it.

Answer 4

The ego is part of the psychoanalytic trio of id, ego, super ego.  Or put more simply the child, adult and parent.

Conflict arises when the three are in competition with each.

You want to steal a watch (child) your parent tells you (in your head) that it' s wrong, you make a decision based on whichever part of the trio is in control.  Adult = ego.

We need a ego to defend ourselves from possible attack from others.

Having an ego is not based on your job, your money, or your intelligence.  It is part of a developmental task.

If you overdo the ego  it's obvous.  

If you underdo it it's obvious too.

The balance is key, and a belief in self ie, the real you with all of you faults.

At some point, the 'ego' is of no use to you, and you develop the 'self' more.  Part of that comes wtih age, but also at times when you are faced with major crises which force your growth and  development.

Superficial things become exactly that after major crisis etc.

Self respect comes from knowing that you can survive whatever life throws at you.  You deserve respect in that scenario.

Answer 5

Ego is doing things right or wrong as long as it pleases yourself.  Self centered and selfishly taking only the goodside of life and shutting out his world if it does not conform to his ideals.  While self respect, is doing things that makes you feel good because it is good and right and will not hurt others while doing it.  In short taking others in consideration before doing anything.  In crucial times, making a hard decision, though it hurts inside but will be for the good of many.

Answer 6

Nice question.

Self Respect : is the ability to appreciate and recognize the inner value and inner strength. It is more pure; in the sense it is not based on false or temporary factuals. It is a state of balance of mind. Self respect helps to develop creativity. It is the one which takes has deep roots which makes the foundation of life more stable and strong. Self respect does not demand for domination over others, rather than it brings respect from others in a more natural way

Ego : It is form of negativity; in the sense it is result of immaturity. It is generally exhibited to show themselves dominent over others. It is a form of ignorance. Those with ego cannot maintain stability or maintain good relations.