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Who Am I?
That burning existential question has bothered me for a while, so I decided to ask for a little bit of help
THAT great existential question: Who Am I? has puzzled me for years.
My psychologist supervisor and I were discussing a treatment plan for a client, and she suggested I ask them to describe themselves.
She said, ‘If I asked you that, you’d know exactly, right?’
I got one of those annoying little pangs of ‘actually I’m not sure, but I’m not going to say anything’.
I thought about it for a few days, and had some ideas, but still couldn’t get a clear picture of myself, so I asked my little buddy ChatGPT what questions to ask to get to the core of the matter.
It was fascinating.
What it’s not
First off, it’s not about your CV, your roles or achievements.
I kind of knew that, but good to be reminded because once someone scoffed at me when I rattled off those obvious things. I felt ashamed because I didn’t really know the answer to the age-old question.
It’s actually asking:
- What is at my core when you strip away labels like parent/partner/job?
- What is true about me that remains even if everything changes?
