beside myself

carl rogers would probably see it as anxiety stemming from an incongruity of self. in contrast, a fully functioning person is attuned to their actualizing tendency, and as a result experiences a sense of coherence and consistency. in simple terms, they're being who they truly are, and they feel good because of it.

reintegrating a partially disorganized self isn't easy, though. confronting the discrepancies between the elements of your experience is an often complex process, the direction of which is usually not clear at the outset, and is often emotionally diffucult even when the problem is clear.


i wonder if that's how stella got her groove back? i'll never watch the movie, so i'll probably never know.

jh..