Abandoned by My Self: Forms of Self-Rejection
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https://doi.org/10.12775/PCh.2024.020Keywords
self-rejection, loneliness, self-love, self-respect, self-compassionAbstract
Loneliness is usually defined as a feeling of lacking expected social relationships, being abandoned or being rejected by others. However, there is also the loneliness of self-rejection. There can be no deeper form of loneliness than being abandoned by one’s own self. In this article, I analyse what self-rejection is, how it is demonstrated and what forms it can take. I illustrate the ethical aspect of the phenomenon and propose the direction of possible intervention.
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