Why it matters
Suggests the self we live from is an image, always slightly ahead of what we actually are.
Core term · Jacques Lacan
The Mirror Stage
The infant sees a whole figure in the mirror and takes it for itself — identity born in a useful misrecognition.
Areas of life
Identityself-imagedevelopment
How to handle it
Notice the gap between the self you present and the self you feel.
Who shaped this idea
The thinker behind it
From concept to practice
Turn The Mirror Stage into a question you can answer.
Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.