They do try to train it out of you through socialization or, for some, over-socialization. I've also seen it called demiotic-induced neurosis, which I think is a portmanteau of "democratic" and "semiotic"; instead of having your own signs and symbols in your brain referencing things you believe, have experienced or know, many of these signs and symbols have been induced and replaced by others through verbal repetition, thereby fully or partially nullifying your own internal monologue through use of your own symbolization. You couldn't learn without this process but it is incredibly important who does it, why they're doing it and how they do it.
Since these signs and symbols (words, pictures, abstractions, representations, etc.) are not your own, you become a bit of a stranger to yourself in a way and thus require others for validating almost any thought you might have on your own (as they will inevitably conflict with the group-thought inculcated through the process of socialization). If these imbued representations are outright wrong then there are other problems that will possibly arise.
Fun, hopefully unrelated, note: back in the mid 20th century, the Dutch psychiatric researcher Joost Meerloo noticed that when large swaths of the population lose their individual identities at once or in brief, successive phases, the process pretty much invites a demagogue to come in and think for them.
A certain small amount of alienation from yourself is probably good so as to be capable of empathizing/sympathizing with others and to learn and grow, but too much is how we end up with world wars and genocide. The statement "I am" is so so so so so so much better than "we are Legion." And one who "is" understands this much better than those who "are."
They do try to train it out of you through socialization or, for some, over-socialization. I've also seen it called demiotic-induced neurosis, which I think is a portmanteau of "democratic" and "semiotic"; instead of having your own signs and symbols in your brain referencing things you believe, have experienced or know, many of these signs and symbols have been induced and replaced by others through verbal repetition, thereby fully or partially nullifying your own internal monologue through use of your own symbolization. You couldn't learn without this process but it is incredibly important who does it, why they're doing it and how they do it.
Since these signs and symbols (words, pictures, abstractions, representations, etc.) are not your own, you become a bit of a stranger to yourself in a way and thus require others for validating almost any thought you might have on your own (as they will inevitably conflict with the group-thought inculcated through the process of socialization). If these imbued representations are outright wrong then there are other problems that will possibly arise.
Fun, hopefully unrelated, note: back in the mid 20th century, the Dutch psychiatric researcher Joost Meerloo noticed that when large swaths of the population lose their individual identities at once or in brief, successive phases, the process pretty much invites a demagogue to come in and think for them.
A certain small amount of alienation from yourself is probably good so as to be capable of empathizing/sympathizing with others and to learn and grow, but too much is how we end up with world wars and genocide. The statement "I am" is so so so so so so much better than "we are Legion." And one who "is" understands this much better than those who "are."
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