What Is Ego Libido?

What is the difference between ego libido and object libido?

In psychoanalysis, libido involved in the cathexis of an external instinctual object, in contradistinction to ego libido, which is libido involved in the cathexis of oneself. According to Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), object libido decreases as ego libido increases, and vice versa.

Is the libido controlled by the ego?

The superego is the part of the personality that involves the ideals and morals internalized from parents, authority figures, and society. 2 The ego must mediate between the basic demands created by the libido as well as the idealistic standards imposed by the superego.