Core term · Donald Winnicott
True Self & False Self
The spontaneous, feeling core we are born with — and the compliant mask that can grow over it when we must please others to stay safe. Winnicott saw health as living from the true self.
Who shaped this idea
The thinker behind it
From concept to practice
Turn True Self & False Self into a question you can answer.
Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.