The Box

Are you tired of people telling you that your expressions during developmental processes and catharses are permanent fixtures of your identity? Next time they assert so, say this to them:

“I observe the anxiety triggered by the assertion that my identity is bounded or fixed, because such an assertion presumes a static, objectified self rather than a transient consciousness engaged in continuous developmental processing. Any statements I have made previously—arising from frustration, discomfort, or defensive response—reflect momentary states within an ongoing process, not immutable expressions of a fixed identity. Therefore, accepting your characterization as an accurate depiction of my ‘self’ would constitute a misattribution of process to object. The developmental trajectory of consciousness cannot be collapsed into discrete, bounded labels without distorting its functional reality.”

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