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Re: Comments about this.

Posted by Aaron on 7/28/2009, 10:20 am, in reply to "Re: Comments about this."
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: I noticed there was a lot of interest in
: psychology. I just found this on the
: internet, I thought it was interesting.
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: This comes from an article in Esquire about
: why people refer to themselves in the third
: person:
:
: Elsa Ronningstam, associate clinical
: professor of psychology at Harvard Medical
: School and author of Identifying and
: Understanding the Narcissistic Personality:
: Referring to yourself in the third person
: creates distance between "I" and
: "he." So if you have an
: exaggerated view of how great you are, you
: could be using this distance to make
: yourself even bigger. Or, if you've achieved
: major success suddenly, using the third
: person could be a way to adjust to the
: bigger role that's been assigned to you.
: It's a way to enlarge yourself to fit that
: role.
:
: Aaron
:
:
: Maybe Aaron it could also point to the
: realization of the parts that make up self.
:
:
:
: in peace,
: gar
:

Are we talking "The Many Faces of Eve" or "Sybil" parts of self or something else. The idea of parts making up self sounds a lot like Dyerism and not Taoism to me.

To be honest I'm surprised this topic hasn't come up before.

Aaron

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Comments about this. - Aaron 7/28/2009, 9:55 am
- Re: Comments about this. - gar 7/28/2009, 10:05 am
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--Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : I noticed there was a lot of interest in : psychology. I just found this on the : internet, I thought it was interesting. : : This comes from an article in Esquire about : why people refer to themselves in the third : person: : : Elsa Ronningstam, associate clinical : professor of psychology at Harvard Medical : School and author of Identifying and : Understanding the Narcissistic Personality: : Referring to yourself in the third person : creates distance between "I" and : "he." So if you have an : exaggerated view of how great you are, you : could be using this distance to make : yourself even bigger. Or, if you've achieved : major success suddenly, using the third : person could be a way to adjust to the : bigger role that's been assigned to you. : It's a way to enlarge yourself to fit that : role. : : Aaron : : : Maybe Aaron it could also point to the : realization of the parts that make up self. : : : : in peace, : gar : : : Are we talking "The Many Faces of : Eve" or "Sybil" parts of self : or something else. The idea of parts making : up self sounds a lot like Dyerism and not : Taoism to me. : : To be honest I'm surprised this topic hasn't : come up before. : : Aaron :

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