Module 7: Physical Self

• Physical Self

  • refers to the BODY which we use to interface (interact) with everything around us
• William James


  He says that the body is the initial source of sensation and necessary for the origin/maintenance of personality

  Body as the spiritual hygiene of supreme significance
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  In a scientific sense, we need our body to feel and experience. Basically, the body acts as a stimulus and sends signals to our brain which interprets pain, emotions that determines action.

  The division responsible for our feelings of distress and relaxation is the Autonomic Division of PNS. It is divided into two:

  • Sympathetic: Arousal (Heightens) and Excitement
  • Parasympathetic: Relaxation
• Sigmund Freud

  • Psychoanalytical School
  • The physical body is the core of human experience
  • Self + Personality = Body = Experience = Personality
• Wilhelm Reich

  • Father of Somatic (Body) Psychology
  • Mind and Body are One
  • Inhibiting impulses leads to tension = mental malfunction
• Physical Body


  It is the core of human experience
• Muscular Armor

  Protects us from the pain of not releasing the energy we need to release
• Erik Erikson

  • Psychosocial
  • Bodily Organs are important in development
  • Developing Physical and Intellectual Skills gives a sense of COMPETENCE AND SUPERIORITY
• Carl Jung

  • Physical Body + Experience = Psychological Experience
  • Instinct determines our behavior
• Self-Esteem

  • Affected by Physical Self
• Three Types of Self-Esteem

  1. Inflated
  2. High
  3. Low
• Inflated Self-Esteem


  OA, they underestimate people and think they're the shit when they're not even the fart

  
  

  Basically a walking Cersei Lannister

  
  

  • Seeks recognition and often degrades and exploits
• High Self-Esteem


  A person is satisfied with their self
• Low Self-Esteem


  JAIME LANNISTER

  Does not value and/or trust themselves