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Childhood in the digital world .The Disconnected Self
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A child can be bright, polite, and high-functioning while feeling unreal inside. That quiet distance is easy to miss, especially when there are no obvious behavior problems, but it can shape everything from mood swings to shutdown to the familiar “I don’t care.” We explore what I call the disconnected self: not the absence of self, but a self that has learned to divide, adapt, or go offline in order to cope.
Drawing on core ideas from psychoanalysis and attachment theory, we walk through how splitting and lack of integration can leave feelings unlinked, why Winnicott’s false…
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