Thank you for covering this topic, its has been interesting to hear your interpretation. You have given a good clear explanation of this concept. I first came across this topic via Ronald Laing's 'Divided Self ' and it made a lot of sense to me in the context of schizoid dynamics.
Luved Laing's treatment of this. All the subjective and idiosyncratic ideas about what is "real" (and what isn't) that result from this ontological issue is huge in the experience and its treatment, wouldn't you say? Would you be interested in reviewing Nathaniel Branden's "The Disowned Self" ... in my view a seminal treatment of the phenomenon of self-alienation in the general population? Very brief read. Thanks.
Thank you for your comment and your recommendation of Nathaniel Branden's 'the disowned self' which I will keep in mind. I fully agree with you in regards to the understanding of our idiosyncratic realities in the process of psychotherapy.
