The process of dissecting / splitting / breaking down the false self is full of risks. In fact, it can be fatal. One outcome of beginning to break down the false self is - what is left behind? Who, actually, am I? I've lived within this false self for so, so long, so many years. I've worn this costume for so long, I can't remember, I don't know, who the real me is. Self-alienation - Being an alien (unknown) to oneself A consequence of dismantling my false self, of realising t

There's at least 2 of me. We talk about there being 2 sides to a person, 2 sides to every story. But this goes much deeper than merely sides. There are 2 quite distinct, quite different people living within this frame. There's the one you may know. He's the confident, funny, outgoing one. He can be pretty opinionated, rather loud, and is never short of a word to say. He's the one who confidently leads a team of 4 people at his work - one of them much his senior. The one who t