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“The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized.” Stephen Hawking
One sense of the word “ego” is a distorted self-regard, what psychologist Carl Jung referred to as “inflated consciousness… hypnotized by itself.”
But high level achievement often brings with it fame, which can also lead others to have [...]
Entries Categorized as 'Identity / Self concept'
Eminence and ego and distorted relationships
Nerds endure and create even without support
“I’ve always been the nerdy, geekish outsider who still remembers how a lot of my classmates used to torture me. ..
Actor Sarah Michelle Gellar continued, “Growing up, I always felt different from other kids… All the success that the series - Buffy - has enjoyed has erased a lot of self-doubts that I grew up [...]
Artist Dianne Albin on Meaning-Making
{Excerpted from book: The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person’s Path Through Depression, by Eric Maisel, PhD.}
For an artist, it is a driven pursuit, whether we acknowledge this or not, that endless search for meaning.
Each work we attempt poses the same questions. Perhaps this time I will see more clearly, understand something more.
That is why [...]
With or without the label and notable accomplishments
So much categorizing people as gifted children or adults emphasizes having achieved significantly, having some distinction - high IQ or SAT scores, having a bestseller book or movie or being a sport superstar.
And with perfectionism and high levels of self criticism, many gifted and talented people feel they don’t make it.
Actor Ellen Muth, who starred [...]
Jodie Foster and impostor feelings
“I always feel like something of an impostor. I don’t know what I’m doing.”
Jodie Foster made that comment recently when she was a recipient of the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award.
A highly accomplished actor-director-producer, Foster said, “I don’t feel very powerful. I feel fragile… unsure, struggling to figure it all out.”
Continued on Women and Talent.
Having a God complex
“If it weren’t for me, there wouldn’t be any Paramount Studios.”
Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in the movie Sunset Blvd
For some people with exceptional abilities, the realization that they are, in fact, more capable in many ways than ordinary people can lead to a distorted self-concept, a deep sense they really are better than everyone [...]
