The Self

The self is defined as the total center of personality. The ego is seen as the center of consciousness, but the self includes the unconscious as well as Psychic Apparatus#The Ego

The self will go through an anchoring in the physical world in the first half of its life. This will crystallize the link between the person and their sense of self, making it more muted, as the ego acquiesces to the super-ego's demands. In the second of half of life, the ego attempts to reconnect to the self by sloughing off excess super-ego demands.