I came to the same conclusion as you, although I have read studies. The way I see it is that these concepts don't really mean any more than what you've described here.
But it's broken down into parts and the interaction of these components is analyzed, and sometimes analyzed to death, to gain understanding.
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Originally Posted by ruh roh
I haven't read any studies, but I'm pretty confident that we are all pretty much acting and reacting to other people based only on our ideas of them that reflect past ideas and experiences of people in our lives who were acting and reacting to us based on their ideas of us that reflect their past experiences and people in their lives.
So that basically, no one really sees or knows anyone else (except for those mythical enlightened few). But in therapy, you get to be blamed for it, unless you luck out and get a therapist who isn't a d*ck about what is basic human nature.
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