ego strength, n.All

Ego strength (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the pivot of neurosis: anything that weakens the ego, bodily illness included, can bring one on.

Ego strength (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠often too weak and needs reinforcing rather than overpowering; Jung rejected the charge that he underrated the ego, noting that the saints' mystical experiences are no different from other effects of the unconscious.