In
Winnicott's writing, the "False Self" is a defence, a kind of mask of
behaviour that complies with others' expectations. Winnicott thought that in
health, a False Self was what allowed one to present a "polite and
mannered attitude" in public.
But he saw more serious emotional problems in patients who seemed unable to feel spontaneous, alive or real to themselves anywhere, in any part of their lives, yet managed to put on a successful "show of being real." Such patients suffered inwardly from a sense of being empty, dead or "phoney
But he saw more serious emotional problems in patients who seemed unable to feel spontaneous, alive or real to themselves anywhere, in any part of their lives, yet managed to put on a successful "show of being real." Such patients suffered inwardly from a sense of being empty, dead or "phoney
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