著者
高木 綾 Aya TAKAGI 京都文教大学臨床心理学部臨床心理学科 Kyoto Bunkyo University Department of Clinical Psychology Faculty of Clinical Psychology
雑誌
臨床心理学部研究報告 = Reports from the Faculty of Clinical Psychology, Kyoto Bunkyo University (ISSN:18843751)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.2, pp.107-119, 2010-03-31

The purpose of this study is to consider the “alienness” and the “otherness” in “Self”, and the inside and outside of “Self”, and the boundary between them, by focusing on the unconsciousness and the body. “Self” is not monolithic, but it contains something which one can not readily feel as one’s own or does not want to feel one’s own. The unconsciousness and the body, in particular, are felt alien to “Self”, and carry even the “otherness” as well, in that we can not control them completely. This indicates that the structure of “self inside/ others outside” is not always conclusive, or the inside and outside of “Self” are not fi xed statically, but they exist changing places or intertwining at various levels. The inside and outside of “Self”, and the boundary between them, are considered being referred to the sociological concept of “stranger”. From the viewpoint of psychology, it is supposed that “stranger” exists not only outside of “Self”, but also inside of “Self”. This means that relation not only with the outside “stranger”, but also with the inner “stranger” forms the boundary between the inside and the outside of “Self ”. That boundary continues to be updated (renewed)constantly, and we usually have to concern ourselves in the subject of the “alienness” and the “otherness” to be oneself. Then it is indicated that “Self” is a dynamic process itself over its inside and outside. On the basis of this discussion, it is also pointed out that perceiving “Self” from the manysided and fl exible viewpoint is required in psychological clinic.