Sublime

by the subjects. In his excellent book The Compassionate Mind, psychologist Paul Gilbert,

What You’re Fighting Against Insecurity is a universal but badly misunderstood human trait. We think we know what’s making us insecure—our appearance, level of education, or socio-economic status. In fact, there’s something deep inside us that is the cause of all insecurity. It’s called the Shadow—the embodiment of all our negative traits—and we’re

The mono-mind paradigm has caused us to fear our parts and view them as pathological. In our attempts to control what we consider to be disturbing thoughts and emotions, we just end up fighting, ignoring, disciplining, hiding, or feeling ashamed of those impulses that keep us from doing what we want to do in our lives. And then we shame ourselves

Dr. Richard Schwartz, who developed the therapy mode of Internal Family Systems, suggests there are actually more than two parts in our selves: every self is made up of a multiplicity, or mosaic, of often contradictory voices, hopes, and urges.