Making the hundredth issue of Psychologies, we looked back and saw that, perhaps, our “general line” all these years is just relationships. How do they arise, how do they change, what inspires us and what upsets us, why do we not always know how to save (or finish) them?
We live among insecure narcissists and we ourselves possess their traits. Instead of going into the depths of truly valuable relationships, we skim the surface, care about the external impression and sometimes we ourselves do not know who we really are, says philosopher Yves Michaud: “It amazes me how quickly many people update their Facebook profile photo : (an extremist organization banned in Russia) they dislike themselves so much that they constantly change the image that they present to the world. I have nothing to object to: the other day I myself “tried on” a frame from a parade shoot for a magazine on a social network … in which my old friends refused to recognize me! We play for the public all the time, we choose the image that should please (friends, loved ones, employers), and thus we manipulate their reaction. But when there is no clarity with your own personality, how to build strong bonds with others?
Making this (hundredth!) number, we looked back and saw that, perhaps, our “general line” all these years is just relationships. How do they arise, how do they change, what inspires us and what upsets us, why do we not always know how to save (or finish) them? And most importantly, how to learn to love: yourself and those around you? Well, at the same time, your photo on Facebook (an extremist organization banned in Russia).
* Y. Michaud «Narcissus and his avatars» (Grasset, 2014).