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a high-functioning Silicon Valley executive suffers from partial seizures in a region within the posteromedial cortex (on the inward-facing side of the cortical hemisphere, along the midline) during which his sense of self is distorted, including his perceived location in space; he eavesdrops on his own thoughts, a form of depersonalization. Direct
... See moreChristof Koch • Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It
An identity structure is a self-image, an image you carry inside you of who you are and what your role is in relationship to others.
Steven Kessler • The 5 Personality Patterns: Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity
The lack of an internal boundary inevitably leads to control or withdrawal. If there is no membrane between you and whatever external stimulus gets thrown at you, then you attempt to regulate your own level of comfort or discomfort by managing the stimulus.
Terrence Real • How Can I Get Through to You?: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women
The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud.
Irvin D. Yalom • When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession
any answer that your mind formulates to answer the question “who am I?” or “What makes me me?,” or to borrow from Rainn again, “What are the 5 risks you haven’t had the guts to take yet?” … all those answers… that is your mind’s {self}. They are all ultimately answers to the question “who am I.” Answer the “who am I” question differently a hundred
... See moreSean Webb • Mind Hacking Happiness Volume I
Guessing at the contents of a person’s attic from his outward appearance becomes one of Sherlock’s surest ways of determining who that person is and what he is capable of.
Maria Konnikova • Mastermind
