What is the False Self? Is It The Shadow The Ego The Inter Voice? What Makes Us Use A False Self To Survive?
The false self is a concept introduced by psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, referring to a defensive facade created to protect oneself from emotional pain or threats to one’s self-image. It is not the same as the shadow self, which is the part of the personality that is hidden or repressed due to societal or personal judgments, …
