This excerpt from "Awakening at Midlife" by Kathleen Brehony is so good. #midlife #falseself #ego

Read the full post: Steering AI Won’t Save Us from Ourselves: The Myth of Resilience and the Reality of Repression
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#AliceMiller #TruthTelling #FalseSelf #EnlightenedWitness #BreakTheCycle #InnerChildHealing #FaceTheTruth #StopTheCycle #TraumaAwareness

Quite frankly, it has nothing to do with facts - it has everything to do with the fictionalized self-concept he holds of himself in his addled mind. #Narcissism #Grandiosity #FalseSelf

Art: “Heed the Call (The Wild Twin)” by Lucy Campbell

"As a species we view vulnerability as a weakness.

But it's a strength

The vulnerable You IS the REAL You: Without pretence, illusion or ego.

The vulnerable You is the true, powerful You".

~ Kerry K.

#Healing #Vulnerability #TrueSelf #PersonalGrowth #Authenticity #FalseSelf #Vulnerable

A playful take on the iconic Dark Side of The Moon album cover. A ray of light is passing through a prism and projecting a flannel shirt.

The Devil wears Prada—The prism wears plaid. These days, even truth wears what’s trending. greatfruitzenmind.com/perception-a...
#FlannelSideOfTheMoon #FalseSelf #PerceptionAndIdentity #PinkFloyd #PhoFashion

Bookmark leaning against a blender, reading, "Adicto a dominar a los demás?" In English, "Addicted to dominating others?"

#dharma #philosophy #art #buddhism #budismo #samsara #control #domination #power #afflictions #kleshas #action #karma #lojong #mindtraining #dethrone #thegreatdemon #ego #falseself #selfcherishing #meandmine #wisdom #training #path #liberation #nirvana #enlightenment
"Addicted to dominating others?"

Bookmark resting on a wooden counter, leaning against stacks of white dinner plates, reading, "Does your inner selfishmonster control the narrative?"

#dharma #philosophy #art #buddhism #theself #ego #falseself #selfgrasping #selfcherishing #selfobsession #selfishness #meandmine #thegreatdemon #mentalprison #suffering #confusion #ignorance #samsara #wisdom #training #path #liberation #nirvana #freedom #enlightenment

To #defeat #stupidity you must learn it's #language. Be #shallow in your desires. Think #small in your dreams. #Believe in your #falseself. That everything we've learned #NOT to do in the last 10 yrs of Self Help Books. Women who love men who love only themselves since #mother was a #disaster. #DJT

Read in a David Benner book:

"The ego strengthens itself by constriction."

I think it means that the ego gains its power & influence by narrowing our perception. The ego seeks to define itself by boundaries, separations & limitations. Focusing on control and self-preservation. #ego #falseself

There are so many applications of this to today's world:

"The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that loves the status quo – even when it's not working." #ego #falseself

~ Falling Upward

The Pseudoscience of “Self-Help”: Creating Problems to Sell Solutions youtu.be/ExSLllRIHJ8?... #NLP #FalseSelf #coaching #pseudoscience #selfhelp #mindset

a man in his 40s sitting alone in a dimly lit room, illuminated by the soft glow of his smartphone. His face reflects a mix of sadness and fatigue as he scrolls through social media. In the background, faint and blurry images of happy couples, social gatherings, and vacations could be visible on a wall, projected from the phone’s screen, symbolizing the curated lives he compares himself to. The room itself could feel sparse and empty, contrasting with the vibrant, idealized images he’s viewing, emphasizing the emotional disconnection between his true self and the false online personas.

Navigating the Self in the Age of Social Media

In my latest blog post, I explore the psychological impact of social media

👉 Read the full post here: [blog.online-therapy-clinic.com/2024/10/22/social-media-...

#TrueSelf #FalseSelf #SocialMedia #MentalHealth #EmotionalWellbeing

#Winnicott’s concept of the #FalseSelf is one of his greatest contributions to #psychoanalytic theory.
Nice explanatory video!
#MustWatch
http://youtube.com/watch?v=A02Ucd…
h/t @TheSchoolOfLife