self-forgetfulness - Reflectd - bringing psychology studies to life https://reflectd.co Bringing psychology studies to life Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:12:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/reflectd.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-Reflectd-Books_H4-e1719817178628.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 self-forgetfulness - Reflectd - bringing psychology studies to life https://reflectd.co 32 32 89556574 The Self is Not a Private Project: The Hidden Cost of Self-Focus https://reflectd.co/2026/01/21/the-self-is-not-a-private-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-self-is-not-a-private-project https://reflectd.co/2026/01/21/the-self-is-not-a-private-project/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:12:44 +0000 https://reflectd.co/?p=12071 Modern psychology sometimes treats the individual mind as if it exists in a vacuum. Thoughts are analysed in isolation. Emotions are framed as personal deficits. Distress becomes something happening inside the person. But this view is historically naïve. Philip Cushman’s classic article Why the Self Is Empty (1990) reminds us of something uncomfortable: the way […]

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