Quotes About Self

What a man has made himself, he will be; his state is the result of his past life, and his heaven or hell is in himself. At death we enter upon a new course of life, and what that life shall be depends upon ourselves.

None of us know who we are any more.

You were suffering depersonalization, which is when you feel divorced from your own personal self. You don't feel your own bodily sensations or emotions. The world seems hazy, and your connection with yourself breaks down." "I have that a lot. What causes it?" "A traumatic childhood, usually in the early stages of differentiation of self, combined with high anxiety levels.

The ego—one's sense of self—is an abstract concept; it's hard to define it concretely. Picture it as a house built brick by brick. It protects you from the stresses of the outside world, providing a metaphorical home to shelter in—a safe place.

Get off my turf; you're stomping on my sense of self. Stop crossing into my backyard.

she had her own boundaries, she'd no longer need the alternate personalities.

One of the big risks in treating depersonalization—the condition where one loses all sense of identity—is what happens when that person regains a sense of self.

Thoughts of your mind have made you what you are and thoughts of your mind will make you what you become from this day forward.

You are what you do. That's what I'm trying to tell you. What we do defines us. However we behave, conduct our lives...that's real. The rest is a story for publication.

The value of your life is your own choosing,

That's how most of the last fifty years of my life disappeared, even though I didn't know it before now. And believe me, that's all it takes. One little kiss and then you've thrown your lot in with someone, and your whole life has to be built around him. And all the parts of you that don't fit with him have to go into hiding, and all the ones that do have to come to the surface and act like they're the whole of you. The

Everything in the world is easier to clean up after than your own actual damn life.

my mouth was involved. My own voice seemed to work all on its own that morning.

he was upset. Though hopefully not at her. But upset is a funny thing. It looks for places to direct itself. It's an emotion given to action, and it needs somewhere to go. Even if it has to make something up as it goes along. He

Once you misplace the ability to be yourself without thinking about it, without second-guessing it, you're pretty well cooked.

All guidance springs from an ability within yourself—if only the ability to be guided.

Questioned where it was hiding. Maybe it was because he

I'm letting you down. I get that. People always will. That's not as much of a downer as it sounds. There's a reason people will always let you down. It's because they came to this weird planet to live their own lives. Not anybody else's. Classic case of needs in conflict. You get what I'm saying?

I see the sun, high overhead, and then I know. This darkness doesn't belong to the night. It belongs to me.

What I think I should do is more important to me than what you think

That's just the first part. What others call you, you become. It's a terrible magic that everyone can do — so do it. Call yourself what you wish to become.

Close up your head; your brain is getting loose.

It is not so easy to always remember who you are.

Every person draws a map that shows themselves at the center. But that does not mean that no other countries exist.