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Comments about this. Posted by Aaron on 7/28/2009, 9:55 am 74.237.238.X 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  Post a Response

Re: Comments about this. Posted by gar on 7/28/2009, 10:05 am, in reply to "Comments about this." 70.100.197.X --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  Post a Response

Re: Comments about this. Posted by Aaron on 7/28/2009, 10:20 am, in reply to "Re: Comments about this." 74.237.238.X --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  Post a Response

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