UNDERSTANDING THE SELF

PHYSICAL SELF
 JOHN F. KENNEDY
“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to
a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative
activity.”
 PHYSICAL BODY
The physical body is the window to one`s personality. By
merely looking at someone`s physical feature, you can have
an idea of his or her feelings, thoughts, and behavior .
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TOTAL SELF
Shavelson described the total or general self as being made up of
academic self and nonacademic self.
 ACADEMIC SELF
The Academic Self is influenced by the learning process and the
individual`s emotions, behavior, and experiences during the learning
process.
 NONACADEMIC SELF
It is shaped by an individual`s social self, emotional self and physical self.
 THREE TYPES OF
NONACADEMIC SELF
SOCIAL SELF – is greatly influenced by parents, colleagues, friends and
acquaintances among others.
EMOTIONAL SELF – is the person`s experiences of joy, anger, fear,
anxiety, and other emotions.
PHYSICAL SELF – is affected by involvement in sports, exercise, and
other activities that enhance the physical body.
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THE SCHEME OF PHYSICAL
SELF PERCCEPTION`S
STRUCTURE (Fox 2000)
 K.R.Fox (2000)
✘ Emphasized the factors that encompass physical self-esteem, which
include sport competence, attractive body, physical power, and physical
condition, and how they actually shape the global self-esteem.
 K.R.Fox (2000)
✘ The Physical self is the concrete dimension, the tangible aspect of the
person that can be directly observed and examined.
✘ It is composed of systems that received and respond to various external
and internal stimuli.
 SIGMUND FREUD
✘ Sigmund Freud`s concept of self and personality makes the physical body
the core of human experience. Freud stated that ego is first and foremost a
body ego.
 WILHELM REICH
✘ Emphasized the unity of the mind and body. The body is central to all
dynamic psychological functioning and it plays a very important role in
storing and channeling the bioenergy, which is considered as the basis of
human existence and experience (Singh 2020).
 ERIK ERIKSON
✘ Considered experience as firmly associated on the ground-plan of the
body. He stated that organs of the body are essential during the early
developmental stages of a person.
 MASLOW
✘ Provided a very important lesson about our physical body when he laid
down Maslow`s Hierarchy of Needs. Once the physiological needs are
met, the person becomes dedicated to attaining the higher-order needs.
 PSYCHOLOGISTS
✘ “Our Physical body plays the important role for the totality of our being.”

RELIGIOUS GROUPS
✘ INDIAN TRADITION
✘ - Some showed outright rejection of the body, because they considered is
as a source of desires and attachments, while others gives due respect and
importance to the physical body, because they attribute it as the main
instrument for spiritual growth and self-realization.
 BUDDHIST
✘ They believe that the body deserves love and respect, so there should be
neither full indulgence of one`s desires nor extreme asceticism or self-
denial.
TAKING CARE OF OUR PHYSICAL BODY
The physical body is considered as the “real
home”, “temple”, or “vehicle”.
 PHYSICAL BODY
Our Physical body is our instrument so we can perform our daily tasks.

BRZOSKO (2018) – Self care is the intentional, planned, and actual act
of taking time to our basic physical, mental, and emotional needs.

Self care occurs in three levels : physical, mental and emotional.

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THREE LEVELS OF SELF-CARE

PHYSICAL MENTAL EMOTIONAL

 1.

PHYSICAL SELF-CARE
It is an aspect of self-care that involves activities that improve your
physical health such diet and exercise. There are three basic aspects of
physical self-care, and these include good nutrition, sufficient amount of
recovery time (rest and sleep), and necessary exercise.
 2.

MENTAL SELF-CARE
BRZSKO (2018) – According to him, Mental Self-care is a two-fold
process.
 Two-fold process of Mental self-care

The first process is

taking time to
consistently
breakdown why
you`re thinking that.
 Two-fold process of Mental self-care

The first process is The second process is

taking time to to cultivate those
consistently mental habits and
breakdown why thoughts that benefit
you`re thinking that. us.
 SOME TIPS FOR IMPROVING OUR MENTAL HABITS BY BRZSOKO (2018 )
FOCUS PRACTICE
Focus your attention on the Practice gratitude
present moment

Learn to accept what is already

Exercise patience happening.
EXERCISE LEARN
 3.

EMOTIONAL SELF-CARE
MICHAEL BROWN stated in his book, The presence
process, all emotions are essentially “energy in motion”.
They are not good or bad. They are just energy.
 Namely, fear, anger, anxiety, sadness,
happiness, excitement and thrill among others.
Wherein it was classified as “desired” for positive
emotions and “unwanted” for the negative ones.
 A very important step in dealing with our emotional self is to recognize the
validity of our emotional state. After recognizing the emotion, we can either alter
the emotional state or we do not.