Editing Libido (section)

===Jung===
Swiss psychiatrist [[Carl Jung|Carl Gustav Jung]] identified the libido with psychic energy in general. According to Jung, 'energy', in its subjective and psychological sense, is 'desire', of which sexual desire is just one aspect.<ref>P. Gay, ''Freud'' (1989) p. 397</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://frithluton.com/articles/libido/ |title=Libido |last=Sharp |first=Daryl |website=frithluton.com|date=15 October 2011 }}</ref> Libido thus denotes "a desire or impulse which is unchecked by any kind of authority, moral or otherwise. Libido is appetite in its natural state. From the genetic point of view it is bodily needs like hunger, thirst, sleep, and sex, and emotional states or affects, which constitute the essence of libido."<ref>“The Concept of Libido” Collected Works Vol. 5, par. 194.</ref> It is "the energy that manifests itself in the life process and is perceived subjectively as striving and desire."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ellenberger |first1=Henri |title=The Discovery of the Unconscious |date=1970 |publisher=Basic Books |location=New York |page=697}}</ref> Duality (opposition) creates the energy (or libido) of the psyche, which Jung asserts expresses itself only through symbols. These symbols may manifest as "fantasy-images" in the process of psychoanalysis, giving subjective expression to the contents of the libido, which otherwise lacks any definite form.<ref>“The Technique of Differentiation,” Collected Works Vol. 7, par. 345.</ref> Desire, conceived generally as a psychic longing, movement, displacement and structuring, manifests itself in definable forms which are apprehended through analysis.