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Originally Posted by Lorelyen
The individual's perception of what they see themselves to be;
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That's the ego
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another individual's perception of what they see the first
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It's all down to perception.
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individual to be (based on their own assimilated experiences/ego)
The first individual's perception of what they believe the second (up to 'nth') individual perceives them to be on becoming aware of a mismatch of 'opinion' (or maybe that should be 'factor of difference')
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Regardless of how anybody else perceives them, it's the individual's own perceptions that count. How another perceives how you treat them is what will create their reality, so if you're being kind and they perceive you to be a busybody....
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I have to admit it isn't something that bothers me except places like here where some individuals get misguided into thinking that ego=bad and that it can be abandoned which is, well, to put it mildly, dangerous if they made a serious attempt without preparation.
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The people who have np ego have the biggest egos, if you don't have an ego you're dysfunctional. In severe trauma the ego can 'collapse' into the self - it's a safety mechanism so that the sufferer doesn't have to deal with the trauma. If you think about what some people can go through after divorce or betrayal you'll get the idea - or being told they have a life-threatening ailment.