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Mental health
fromPsychology Today
14 hours ago

ChatGPT Goes to Therapy: The New Emotional Economy

AI is reshaping emotional expression and communication, but it risks creating a 'false self' and replacing genuine human connections.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

Psychology says the most dangerous form of loneliness isn't being alone. It's being surrounded by people while performing a version of yourself that none of them would recognize if they saw you at home on a Sunday afternoon. - Silicon Canals

The gap between one's public persona and private self creates a profound sense of loneliness.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

The specific loneliness of being surrounded by people who only know the version of you that makes their life easier - Silicon Canals

Social environments reward performance over authenticity, creating a false self that leaves people feeling isolated even among close friends despite surface-level connection.
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

There is a specific kind of loneliness that comes from being surrounded by people who only know the version of you that keeps everything together - Silicon Canals

The better you are at managing your emotions, the less emotional support people offer you. It's not cruelty. It's perceptual bias. People take your composure at face value because it's efficient for them to do so. A study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that people consistently underestimate the emotional needs of those they perceive as high copers.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes from being surrounded by people who only know the version of you that makes their life easier - Silicon Canals

There's a concept in relational psychology called the "false self," originally described by Donald Winnicott in the 1960s. He argued that children who learn early on that their authentic emotions are unwelcome develop a compliant, socially palatable exterior - a self designed not for expression, but for survival. The false self smiles when it doesn't want to. It says yes when it means no.
Psychology
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
7 months ago

Socially Prescribed Perfectionism and the False Self

Socially prescribed perfectionism and people-pleasing arise from intense fear of rejection, driving status-seeking, self-sacrifice, and construction of a false self to gain approval.
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