Like Step 2 says, I'm trying to come to believe that some of my pre-identification ideas about myself might not be true. But to be honest, I've spent so much time seeing myself through the eyes of others that the term "my perceptions about myself" is its own challenge!

Every time I try to imagine self-perceptions, I end up seeing myself through someone else's eyes. My partner. My teacher. My sibling. My parent. My boss. I'm not sure how to break through this wall to find my own perceptions. Has anyone else here gone through this? 

Share questions:

• Has it ever been a challenge to determine which perceptions of you were yours, and which seemed to belong to other people? How might this situation have arisen?
• How can you tell when a perception about your is yours as opposed to someone else's?
• Have any other circumstances contributed to this difficulty? Lack of boundaries? Difficulty hierarchizing information? Being trusting? A predilection towards relativism? Holotropism? Other? 
• Were some self-perceptions forced on you by others, while some you "just picked up on"? Describe. 
• How did you find your own self-perceptions? 
• Any strategies, tools, or resources that helped you?
• Anything else to add?