Some people come to believe they are their public face.

What it means

Playing a role well is not a problem. Forgetting it is a role is. When the public image becomes the whole of a person, the rest of them goes underground.

The source

"Some people come to believe they are their public face." Carl Jung said it in Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. II 'Anima and Animus'. Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.

"It is a real self-sacrifice, which directly forces the ego into an identification with the persona, so that there are people who actually believe themselves to be what they present to the public view."

H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928, Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. II 'Anima and Animus'. Text read at archive.org.

Who said it

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Swiss psychiatrist who broke with Freud and founded analytical psychology. He mapped the persona, the shadow, the collective unconscious and the lifelong work of becoming yourself, which he called individuation. Our lines come only from his writings published before 1931, in our own translations from the German or in English translations of the time.

Questions

What does "Some people come to believe they are their public face." mean?

Playing a role well is not a problem. Forgetting it is a role is. When the public image becomes the whole of a person, the rest of them goes underground.

Who said "Some people come to believe they are their public face."?

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Two Essays (1928), II, Part II, ch. II 'Anima and Animus'.

What is the original wording?

It is a real self-sacrifice, which directly forces the ego into an identification with the persona, so that there are people who actually believe themselves to be what they present to the public view (H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.

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