I hate to deflate your ego, but you seem to have an exaggerated idea of your importance to me.

我不愿伤你的自尊，但是你好像高估了你对我的重要性。

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You completely give up your ego.

你也完全放弃了自己的自负。

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You're not out of the woods yet Even if you haven't got fixated on anything, there's still this dynamic going on all the time with your id, your ego and your superego.

你并没有脱离险境,即使你并没在任何阶段里发生固着，你的行为仍然会一直受到本我，自我和超我的驱使。

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And basically your self, the ego, is in between the id and the superego.

而基本上，自性，或者说自我，是介于本我与超我之间的。

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