The Curse of the Self: Self-Awareness, Egotism, and the Quality of Human Life
The Curse of the Self: Self-Awareness, Egotism, and the Quality of Human Life Books
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Despite its evident advantages, our ability to be self-reflective comes at a high price. Few people realize how profoundly their lives are affected by self-reflection or how frequently inner chatter interferes with their success, pollutes their relationships with others, and undermines their happiness. By allowing people to ruminate about the past or presume what might happen in the future, self-reflection conjures up a fantastic deal of private suffering in the form of depression, anxiety, rage, covetousness, and other negative emotions. A fantastic deal of unhappiness, in the form of addictions, overeating, and domestic violence, is due to people’s inability to ply control over their thoughts and behavior. Is it possible to direct our self-reflection in a way that will minimize the disadvantages and maximize the advantages? Is there a way to affect the egotistical self through self-reflection? In this volume, Mark Leary explores the private and social problems that are made by the capacity for self-reflection, and by drawing upon psychology and other behavioral sciences, offers insights into how these problems can be minimized.
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