#self-perception

#self-perception

The sense that we are a solid entity, an unchanging entity that exists someplace in our body and takes ownership of our body, and even ownership of our brain rather than being identical to our brain, that is where the illusion lies.

Meaning-making often leads individuals to negative interpretations of their experiences, especially in the context of sexual desire discrepancies, creating unnecessary suffering and confusion.

The stories we tell about our lives matter—and they correlate with mental health outcomes.

The latest season of Netflix's Black Mirror features an episode where users can optimise their lives through an app, impacting their self-perception profoundly.

That's how severely I don't like being the center of attention. That's all it comes back to. I don't want to be the focus of anything.

We are the media's 'dumbest' major. A viral TikTok asked college students this question, and communications was the most common answer.

The story we tell ourselves about who we are is often mistaken for the objective truth, affecting our perception of ourselves and others.

It can be a bummer of a thought. But it's also liberating. That time you fell on your butt in public? That dumb comment you made at dinner last week? Nobody’s thinking about it.

Perfectionism is frequently connected to a wide variety of mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, and eating disorders.