TRUE SELF

VS. FALSE
SELF
 1 2
TRUE SELF FALSE SELF

CONTENT
3 4
HEALTHY FALSE UNHEALTHY
SELF FALSE
SELF
DR. DONALD
WINNICOTT
Born: April 7, 1896
Died: January 25, 1971

- He was an English pediatrician and

psychoanalyst who was especially
influential in the field of object
relations theory and developmental
psychology.
 1
TRUE SELF
 TRUE SELF

- also knows as real self, authentic

self, original self and vulnerable self

- Winnicott used true self to describe

a sense of self based on
spontaneous authentic experience
and a feeling of being alive, having a
real self.
2 FALSE SELF
- When the person has to comply with
external rules, such as being polite or
otherwise following social codes

- Constantly seeks to anticipate

demands of others in order to maintain
the relationship
 HEALTHY
FALSE SELF
FALSE
SELF
UNHEALTHY
FALSE SELF
3 HEALTHY FALSE
SELF
When the false self is functional both for the
person and for society, then it is considered
healthy. The healthy false self feels that it is still
being true to the true self. It can be compliant but
without feeling that it has betrayed its true self.
 UNHEALTHY
4 FALSE SELF
A self that fits in but through
a feeling of forced
compliance rather than
loving adaptation is
unhealthy.
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