Self

Self-actualization is a term that has been used in various psychology theories, often in slightly different ways.

Selfishness is being concerned excessively or exclusively, for oneself or one's own advantage, pleasure, or welfare, regardless of others.

Self-denial (also called self-abnegation and self-sacrifice) refers to altruistic abstinence – the willingness to forgo personal pleasures or undergo personal trials in the pursuit of the increased good of another.

Sexual identity is how one thinks of oneself in terms of to whom one is romantically or sexually attracted.

Body image is a person's perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body.

Introspection is the examination of one's own conscious thoughts and feelings.

In Buddhism, the term anattā (Pali) or anātman (Sanskrit) refers to the doctrine of "non-self", that there is no unchanging, permanent soul in living beings.

"A subject means subject, but an object means object.

Egocentrism is the inability to differentiate between self and other.

The Cinderella complex was first described by Colette Dowling, who wrote a book on women's fear of independence – an unconscious desire to be taken care of by others.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the self: Self – an individual person, from his or her own perspective.

A person is a being, such as a human, that has certain capacities or attributes constituting personhood, which in turn is defined differently by different authors in different disciplines, and by different cultures in different times and places.

The face-to-face relation (French: rapport de face à face) is a concept in the French philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas' thought on human sociality.

I Am a Strange Loop is a 2007 book by Douglas Hofstadter, examining in depth the concept of a strange loop to explain the sense of "I".

Self-awareness is the capacity for introspection and the ability to recognize oneself as an individual separate from the environment and other individuals.

Self-perception theory (SPT) is an account of attitude formation developed by psychologist Daryl Bem.

The Century of the Self is a 2002 British television documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis.

Self-consciousness is an acute sense of self-awareness.

Sentience is the capacity to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively.

A self-serving bias is any cognitive or perceptual process that is distorted by the need to maintain and enhance self-esteem, or the tendency to perceive oneself in an overly favorable manner.

The psychology of self is the study of either the cognitive, conative or affective representation of one's identity or the subject of experience.

Trance denotes any state of awareness or consciousness other than normal waking consciousness.

Jangama dhyana is a meditation technique, which has been practiced by various sages over the centuries.