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## Karen Horney The "real self," "ideal self," and the "idealized self" The real self is who we actually are, capable of growth and self-actualization. The ideal self serves as a guide for our real self to achieve this actualized identity. The idealized self-image is an unrealistic, inflated imag...
## Karen Horney The "real self," "ideal self," and the "idealized self" The real self is who we actually are, capable of growth and self-actualization. The ideal self serves as a guide for our real self to achieve this actualized identity. The idealized self-image is an unrealistic, inflated image of the self where individuals paint themselves as the "hero, a saint, a god." ## Satisfaction and Safety * Basic conditions of warmth: genuine love and healthy discipline ## Growing in Accordance to the Real Self * Uses the ideal self as a guide ## Basic Hostility * Basic anxiety: Being alone in a potentially hostile world ## Despised Self * A negative self-image ## Idealized Self * "Tyranny of the shoulds" * "Neurotic search for glory" *
