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Thursday, February 7. 2013

What is a "self"?

Some psychoanalysts like Kohut and Kernberg have theoretical ideas about it. Sometimes I think that the word, and whatever idea exists behind the idea, is a sociocultural construct more than anything else.


That is not to say that we are not individuals with our own personality tendencies.


Here's an essay: The Self in Self-Help - We have no idea what a self is. So how can we fix it?

Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Our Essays, Psychology, and Dr. Bliss at 16:16 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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One day in the midst of all that is this I will no longer exist, until then it is pleased simply to be. i lament not, i am content.
#1 Jephnol (Link) on 2013-02-07 18:14 (Reply)
The Self exists because it is the privilege of human nature to so conform itself over the course of a lifetime. "Human nature" is the larger issue, then. The following 500-worder will definitely hold your attention...

http://herbork.com/2013/01/07/is-human-nature-natural/
#2 herbork (Link) on 2013-02-08 16:48 (Reply)
At its most basic and profound level, the Self is awareness of existence. It is the name the Hebrew God: I Am or I Am that I Am or I Am that I Will Be. The same concept is core to Vedanta and some other religions.

The purpose of modern life with all its electronic distractions is to insulate oneself from One's Self.

Excuse me, but I hear the Internet calling.
#3 Freddie Sykes on 2013-02-08 21:06 (Reply)
"Well-said, ole mole." Hamlet
#4 herbork (Link) on 2013-02-08 22:03 (Reply)

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