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“since one must exercise control over one's life to be autonomous, autonomy is something that a person accomplishes, not something that happens to a person.”
D.W. Winnicott Quotes (Author of Playing and Reality)
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This is the great, unspoken truth of our age. If you do not post, you do not exist. If you are not constantly reinforcing your presence, your relevance, your desirability, then you are slipping, shrinking, becoming unimportant. It is not enough to simply be anymore, you must be perceived, and preferably, admired.
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks • 71 highlights
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We see ourselves as others see us, and when we feel invisible, well, we have a tendency to fall to pieces.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
"When I look I am seen, so I exist."
-Donald Wincott
He can only discover what he feels by seeing it reflected back. If the infant is seen in a way that makes him feel he exists, in a way that confirms him, he is free to go on looking.
Adam Phillips • Winnicott
We see ourselves first through the eyes of our parents, in the reflections we get from them. It’s as if they hold up a mirror for us, and we see our own face in that mirror. If the mirror is clear, we see ourselves clearly. If the mirror is distorted, we see a distorted reflection of our self.