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Actually I think it's quite common for people to mistake mere introspection with actual self-awareness. It is much harder to see your true self than to see a self you have constructed to see as your self.



Interesting that you're using phrase "see your true self" to mean "see yourself as others see you."


I'm not. That is yet a third perspective (which is not to say there are only three!) in addition to what I'm calling "true" self, and the self that you choose to see when you look. Obviously, it's hard to define "true self" in some objective way, but it's not hard for people to be both introspective and un-self-aware.




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