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    The document discusses the concepts of the true self and false self. The true self refers to one's core identity that is not shaped by external influences, while the false self develops as a protective mechanism when one feels it is not safe to be genuine. Over time, the false self can become dominant and repress qualities of the true self, such as creativity and meaning. The psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott used the term "false self" to describe how children construct a false identity to meet their caregiver's needs when the caregiver cannot respond with empathy. The more a child feels their true self is unappreciated, the more the false self takes over, resulting in a loss of vitality. Treatment

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    The document discusses the concepts of the true self and false self. The true self refers to one's core identity that is not shaped by external influences, while the false self develops as a protective mechanism when one feels it is not safe to be genuine. Over time, the false self can become dominant and repress qualities of the true self, such as creativity and meaning. The psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott used the term "false self" to describe how children construct a false identity to meet their caregiver's needs when the caregiver cannot respond with empathy. The more a child feels their true self is unappreciated, the more the false self takes over, resulting in a loss of vitality. Treatment

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    The document discusses the concepts of the true self and false self. The true self refers to one's core identity that is not shaped by external influences, while the false self develops as a protective mechanism when one feels it is not safe to be genuine. Over time, the false self can become dominant and repress qualities of the true self, such as creativity and meaning. The psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott used the term "false self" to describe how children construct a false identity to meet their caregiver's needs when the caregiver cannot respond with empathy. The more a child feels their true self is unappreciated, the more the false self takes over, resulting in a loss of vitality. Treatment

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    False VS True Self

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    Anjanette Tenorio
    The document discusses the concepts of the true self and false self. The true self refers to one's core identity that is not shaped by external influences, while the false self develops as a protective mechanism when one feels it is not safe to be genuine. Over time, the false self can become dominant and repress qualities of the true self, such as creativity and meaning. The psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott used the term "false self" to describe how children construct a false identity to meet their caregiver's needs when the caregiver cannot respond with empathy. The more a child feels their true self is unappreciated, the more the false self takes over, resulting in a loss of vitality. Treatment

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    FALSE VS TRUE

    SELF
    The true self is the core of who
    you are, the original you,
    unshaped by upbringing or
    society. This doesn’t mean that
    finding your true self means
    regressing back to childhood
    - just as you have grown
    physically, your true self has
    grown too. How ever it is
    usually strongly guarded by
    the false self and at first , it
    might be difficult to reach.
    The false self can also be
    called your adapted self.
    This is the part of you that
    have altered behavior,
    repressed feelings, and
    pushed your needs aside to
    fit in with others.
     Each of us creates a “false self”
    to protect our “true self” when it
    feels frightening to be genuine in
    the world. If our false self
    becomes dominant, it begins to
    bury the very qualities it was
    originally designed to protect.
    These buried qualities often hold
    the key to deeper love,creativity,
    and meaning in our lives.
    The Great psychoanalytic theorist
    D.W. Winnicott used the term “false
    self” to describe the defensive
    structure a young child creates
    when his or her mother can’t
    respond to him or her with empathy
    and care. No parents is perfect, but
    if this lack of empathic response is
    chronic, the child is forced to create
    a false self that meets the mother’s
    needs.
     The more child comes to feel
    that his or her true self isn’t
    appreciated or cherished, the
    more the false self becomes
    dominant. Winnicott describes a
    terrible poverty of an inner life
    that arises from the ascendency
    of the false self, a loss of our
    innate vitality, joy, and creativity.
    This principle help explain how people
    seem at ease or are constantly in
    tension and so act in dysfunctional
    ways. It also indicates how treatment is
    not about exposing the fragile true self,
    which most of us naturally fear, but
    helping the individual move on, both
    letting go of the unhealthy positions of
    the false self and building a healthty
    replacement.

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