Philosophy of the Self

It is important to recognize the distinction between a projected self and an internal self. This is not, it is important to note, the same as the difference between a person and a persona, because a persona implies acting, whereas the projected self is most commonly simply a distorted version of a person's true (or rather, self-defined) self. Once a person recognizes his/her projected self, he/she can create a more honest projection: who they choose to be viewed as, and say: see me as I am, not as who you once thought I was.