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Discussion Formulating a new theory

I've read this post a few times and to be honest I didn't find it that interesting or groundbreaking. It's possible I simply don't understand what is being attempted to be conveyed. Am I correct in assuming that it mainly boils down to "Our ego is our self identity, but society's constant negativity kills the ego and in turn kills our self idenity"? Or am I incorrect in that assumption?
 
I've read this post a few times and to be honest I didn't find it that interesting or groundbreaking. It's possible I simply don't understand what is being attempted to be conveyed. Am I correct in assuming that it mainly boils down to "Our ego is our self identity, but society's constant negativity kills the ego and in turn kills our self idenity"? Or am I incorrect in that assumption?
You are incorrect in that assumption. While what you highlighted is true, it ignores the important connections that this have with the looksmax community and understanding the psychological traits of BPD, narcissism, someforms of antisocial disorders, body dysmorphia, and delusions. Hence why this thread is so important: it is highlighting the core mechanism in which important and traumatic events of people lifes happen while offering a remedy to it.
 
You are incorrect in that assumption. While what you highlighted is true, it ignores the important connections that this have with the looksmax community and understanding the psychological traits of BPD, narcissism, someforms of antisocial disorders, body dysmorphia, and delusions. Hence why this thread is so important: it is highlighting the core mechanism in which important and traumatic events of people lifes happen while offering a remedy to it.
I'm not sure if I see the connection. I wouldn't say that BPD/narcissism/ASPD/BDD or delusions are caused by ego death or the desire to remedy introjections. If "introjections" is just internalizing external commentary, then there is nothing inherently wrong with introjections, even though I know you disagree with that in your original post.

The issue, in theory, lies when introjections causes ego death. If ego death occurs, then the desire is to have it 'fixed' or 'repaired' is by taking the introjections as fact and doing as what the introjections say rather than what would make you happy. I sorta kinda get that part of it.

This seems like a new way of simply explaining the concept of trauma. In the case of the fat girl being called fat most of her life, that's traumatic to who you are as a person. That effects your self identify, because externally that's what other people boiled her complicated personality down to - Just being "fat". I can see why this would be called 'ego death'.

I don't, however, see how a woman refusing to be with someone she deemed as 'low value' inherently the result of ego death. You could make the argument she only feels that way due to societal norms, but then that boils down to everyone's personality is simply a reflection of societal introjections and no one has an original thought. I just don't understand how that's the conclusion you'd come to in that situation. Society has influence, sure, but full control of every human it interacts with?

Which is what you sorta say in the post, but I don't understand why you think that is the main way humans pick identity. For this argument to work, you have to boil every single human interaction down to as the cause of "societal dictated identity". She picked her boyfriend because society made her personal values align with certain traits, not because of overall genetics and environment she was raised in. She only cares about her weight because her societal identity told her to, not because she personally has mental illness. The boy's trauma is only caused by the mother's personal identity in relation to society, not because she's mentally unstable.

It seems like 'society' is an umbrella term for every human interaction that happens between two or more humans. And I don't agree with that view of things, it skews what human interaction actually entails.

The point, to me, boils down to trauma = bad behavior. In the case of disorders like BPD/ASPD, they're a mixture of genetics and trauma. BDD is a lack of self identity and delusions are normally caused by chemical reactions misfiring in the brain (Not always, of course). Delusions are a symptom of mania, but I would not say that mania is caused by ego death. I would say it's a chemical imbalance.

I don't see how everyone's identity is dictated by society, and if it is why that would lead to ego death in most cases.

Edit: I misspoke in one section about the eating disorder part. I fixed it.
 
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I don't, however, see how a woman refusing to be with someone she deemed as 'low value' inherently the result of ego death.
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@Randomized Shame

Oh, it isn't inherently the result of ego death. It's reversed..., the death of ego produces some cases where the person don't choose to date someone of low social value in order to improve their identity because they project their partner identity on the formation of their own
 
"but then that boils down to everyone's personality is simply a reflection of societal introjections and no one has an original thought. I just don't understand how that's the conclusion you'd come to in that situation. Society has influence, sure, but full control of every human it interacts with?"

@Randomized Shame

No. The mere existence of some introjection don't produce narcissism. It can, indeed, produce delusions and dysmorphias. The narcissism (and other disorders) are a product of the ego being replaced entirely by the introjections AND THE IDEOLOGY of those introjections in a game based on their values.

People's identity aren't formed exclusively by introjections. The ego, that is a healthy function, produces their true self, autonomous from introjections.
 
This seems like a new way of simply explaining the concept of trauma. In the case of the fat girl being called fat most of her life, that's traumatic to who you are as a person. That effects your self identify, because externally that's what other people boiled her complicated personality down to - Just being "fat". I can see why this would be called 'ego death'.



Edit: I misspoke in one section about the eating disorder part. I fixed it.

No, trauma is a much more complex phenomenon that can go much further then our current ego subject
 
. Society has influence, sure, but full control of every human it interacts with?

Which is what you sorta say in the post, but I don't understand why you think that is the main way humans pick identity. For this argument to work, you have to boil every single human interaction down to as the cause of "societal dictated identity".
It seems like 'society' is an umbrella term for every human interaction that happens between two or more humans.



Edit: I misspoke in one section about the eating disorder part. I fixed it.

No, society don't necessarily have full control of someone identity, but in some cases it does.
Yes, here society is being used as something like any social interaction between the individual and the outside social world
 
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I don't see how everyone's identity is dictated by society, and if it is why that would lead to ego death in most cases.

Edit: I misspoke in one section about the eating disorder part. I fixed it.

You are absolutely correct. Traumatic events are not determined by the event itself, but from the previous psychological state of the person and their biological state. It so happens, however, that a great number of people can develop multiple problems derived from the dynamic previously explained in the original post
 
Nothing new, I would have more to add but I don't know if this is the right place and I don't feel like doing so. If I feel like doing so I will write how neurotypicals use their masks, how a psychopath uses masks and how an empath would use them, plus things related to heavy working memory
 
actually insufferable with the amount of times you've spammed this post in unrelated threads. whatever useful advice/public discussion it might of had is immediately gone due to your annoying ass behavior over it
 
Nothing new, I would have more to add but I don't know if this is the right place and I don't feel like doing so. If I feel like doing so I will write how neurotypicals use their masks, how a psychopath uses masks and how an empath would use them, plus things related to heavy working memory
Please, do a thread on that and mark me on it!
 
actually insufferable with the amount of times you've spammed this post in unrelated threads. whatever useful advice/public discussion it might of had is immediately gone due to your annoying ass behavior over it
Nope, the content remains the same regardless of that
 
Nope, the content remains the same regardless of that
my point is it's a useless thread because if you're annoying about presenting it in this way people won't read or take you seriously even if whatever you wrote might have weight to it. i think it would've truly been an interesting discussion but why would anybody wanna talk to you about it if you're begging and spamming it in threads that are UNRELATED? i'm sure the comments on here are thriving because of ur intelligent take and not the fact u r begging and spamming it everywhere!
 
my point is it's a useless thread because if you're annoying about presenting it in this way people won't read or take you seriously even if whatever you wrote might have weight to it. i think it would've truly been an interesting discussion but why would anybody wanna talk to you about it if you're begging and spamming it in threads that are UNRELATED? i'm sure the comments on here are thriving because of ur intelligent take and not the fact u r begging and spamming it everywhere!

I agree with most of your point, indeed. Said that, without the spamming this thread would not had been commented by darkernighnet and randomized. So I do understand the negative side of spamming but I also identify it's usage.

Said that, if you have another example of approach that would work and not have the negative consequence os spamming, please, teach me that
 
I agree with most of your point, indeed. Said that, without the spamming this thread would not had been commented by darkernighnet and randomized. So I do understand the negative side of spamming but I also identify it's usage.

Said that, if you have another example of approach that would work and not have the negative consequence os spamming, please, teach me that
i just believe linking it on your profile or related threads about ego would've suffice enough. randomized would've commented anyways because that dude is doing it all for the pure love of the game. the growth might've been a bit more slow, but it would've been natural and hopefully of higher quality. not everything needs to be spoken about immediately. it's when people read something and think about it at a later date do you know you've made an impact. i also believe that's what makes a forum interesting compared to a discord server. discord servers are quick and almost immediate. but forums, in my thoughts shouldn't be if you want anything meaningful to come from it. i hope you understand what i'm trying to say or if i'm making sense
 
i just believe linking it on your profile or related threads about ego would've suffice enough. randomized would've commented anyways because that dude is doing it all for the pure love of the game. the growth might've been a bit more slow, but it would've been natural and hopefully of higher quality. not everything needs to be spoken about immediately. it's when people read something and think about it at a later date do you know you've made an impact. i also believe that's what makes a forum interesting compared to a discord server. discord servers are quick and almost immediate. but forums, in my thoughts shouldn't be if you want anything meaningful to come from it. i hope you understand what i'm trying to say or if i'm making sense
Interesting. I will take your voice into consideration. What a awesome human moment, thank you
 
Interesting. I will take your voice into consideration. What a awesome human moment, thank you
this will be the last thing i say since i don't wanna derail your post much further, but your heart is in the right place and i appreciate your patience. i think i came in swinging and i do apologize. i wish you success though in getting more meaningful conversations with others.
 
this will be the last thing i say since i don't wanna derail your post much further, but your heart is in the right place and i appreciate your patience. i think i came in swinging and i do apologize. i wish you success though in getting more meaningful conversations with others.
👉👈, thank you 🧸
 
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