> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 24 topics, 27 evergreens, 23 sources</em></s> #### <s class="topic-title">[[self]]</s> Huma--- created: 2021-10-23 aliases: - cssclass: content tags: content type: - bib: aliases: --- ##### [[self ]] **Creator**:: **Source**:: **Related**:: f their [[self]] is dependent on many things including their [[childhood]], [[socialization]], and their [[perception]] of the world. > [!wikipedia] [self](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self) > > The self is an individual person as the object of its own reflective [[consciousness]]. Since the self is a reference by a subject to the same subject, this reference is necessarily subjective. The sense of having a self—or selfhood—should, however, not be confused with subjectivity itself. Ostensibly, this sense is directed outward from the subject to refer inward, back to its "self" (or itself). > > Although [[subjective]] experience is central to selfhood, the privacy of this [[experience]] is only one of many problems in the [[Philosophy]] of self and scientific study of consciousness. > #### Outline - What makes up the self? - [[Consciousness is our capacity to introspect]] - [[ego]] or the feeling of "I" - [[The ego is the brain's response to the realization that we are just another individual in the world]] - [[Our ego is our subconscious defense of our self]] - [[Our ego defends every belief we hold conscious or subconscious]] - [[belief]] - [[A conversion experience can help us reshape our sense of self]] - [[Identity]] or the want to be - [[Identity is your understanding of yourself vs your interaction with the world]] - [[A repressed self creates a mistrust of self-love and self-esteem]] - [[self-esteem]] is often intentional belief in in one's identity - [[self-actualization]] is how we form - [[enlightenment]] - [[self-hate]] - [[self-love]] - [[self-concept]] the understanding of our interaction with the world - [[self-image]] - [[self-perception]] - [[belief]] and [[worldview]] our [[perception]] or our environment - [[socialization]] - [[gender]] - [[race]] - How do we form our understanding of self? - [[Humans are primarily irrational, illogical, emotional beings]] - [[Belief reinforces your worldview]] - [[Religion creates social order through group membership and ritual]] - Different views on the self - In [[Vedic Psychology]], the [[mind]] is made up of our [[emotions]], intellect, [[ego]], [[memory]] and [[unconscious]] - [[Consciousness is the fundamental unit of existence]] - [[Sigmund Freud|Freud]] ##### ^dataviews > [!dataview]+ Related unlinked notes > > - [[A secure identity is the best defense against social anxiety]] > - [[Do we have free will]] > - [[Every person has an experience of gender]] > - [[Gender Dysphoria is based in a intrinsic wrongness of self]] > - [[Gender is both an intrinsic experience and a necessary expression]] > - [[Meditation improves mental, physical, and emotional health]] > - [[Sometimes we can't grow until we change our environment]] > - [[Worldviews should be open ended and adaptive]] > - [[Your anxiety knows your insecurities better than you do]] > [!dataview]- Other unlinked mentions > > - [[articleHow The System Works — The Enneagram Institute]] > - [[articleType Five — The Enneagram Institute]] > - [[discussionRed Summer of 1919]] > - [[notes - 1960's General Notes]] > - [[primarysourceExcerpts from the 2016 Republican Party Platform]] > - [[speechRonald Reagans Inaugural Address 1981]] > - [[notes - Panchakosha Theory]] > - [[notes - Solutions to depression]] > - [[notes - Vidya and Jnana]] > - [[notes - the Nature of Self]] > - [[videoAddictive Personality Dr.K interview]] > - [[videoContrapoints-Envy]] > - [[videoDrK and DrMike conversation]] > - [[videoHealing from Festered Emotions]] > - [[videoLife after a cult]] > - [[videoWhat is Ego]] > - [[10_Sources/Readwise/Tweets/tweets - This Book (‘No Contest’...|tweets - This Book (‘No Contest’...]] > - [[articleDifference between reincarnation in Hinduism and Bhudism]] > - [[articleKarma and Reincarnation in Hinduism]] > - [[video - Aesop didn't know about Meta-Irony]] > - [[course - Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health]] > - [[course - Psychology of Race and Gender]] > - [[10_Sources/tweets - This Book (‘No Contest’...|tweets - This Book (‘No Contest’...]] > - [[topics]] > - [[mindfulness]] > - [[Ahamkara]] > - [[Buddhism]] > - [[Dharma]] > - [[Niyama]] > - [[Sakshi Bhava]] > - [[Samadhi]] > - [[Shuddhi]] > - [[TIM]] > - [[Vairagya]] > - [[defense-mechanisms]] > - [[human behavior]] > - [[self-awareness]] > - [[self-referential encoding]] > - [[self-repression]] > - [[anxiety]] > - [[mental health]] > - [[suffering]] > - [[A inwardly judgmental and outwardly accepting home creates trust issues]] > - [[Confidence is a feedback loop]] > - [[Constantly working on yourself is a form a self-hatred]] > - [[I don't write my notes for myself]] > - [[Is your self-talk bullying you or bodyguarding you]] > - [[It's always worth it to work through trauma]] > - [[Meditation helps us detach negative attachments]] > - [[My Deconstruction journey]] > - [[Our brain will do anything it can to protect itself]] > - [[Self-hatred is born out of dissonance between self-image and self-perception]] #### Discussion > ![[10_Sources/books - Being You#^308344258]]