True self and false self

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title: True self and false self
text: The true self and the false self are a psychological dualism conceptualized by English psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott. Winnicott used "true self" to denote a sense of self based on spontaneous authentic experience and a feeling of being alive, having a real self with little to no contradiction. "False self", by contrast, denotes a sense of self created as a defensive facade, which in extreme cases can leave an individual lacking spontaneity and feeling dead and empty behind an inconsistent and i
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description: Psychological concepts often used in connection with narcissism
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date created: 2010-12-11T10:38:51Z
date modified: 2024-09-10T00:31:07Z
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