Self-concept
Do a little practice first: describe yourself, but don't use the first person, use the third person.
If you are surnamed Zhang, start like this: "Xiao Zhang is such a person..." It seems that you are introducing your good friend Xiao Zhang, talking about Xiao Zhang's character, hobbies and characteristics.
What you say is your self-concept.
Are you introverted or extroverted? Is it optimistic or pessimistic? Is it independent or dependent? Is it passionate or indifferent? Is it smart or stupid? Is it sensitive or not sensitive? Is it a reality or a fantasy? Is responsible or willful.....
What you said is your character.
The words character and personality are the same and different. The same is to refer to the individual of the person; the difference is: personality mainly refers to the difference between person and person, and personality refers to the whole person. The concept of self is the judgment of the upper class of your personality, the "sense person".
Self image
Do another little exercise.
Imagine you walk into a forest, imagine it realistically, imagine trees, grass and flowers on the ground, and imagine you see an animal in the forest. What do you see? The animals you see reflect your self-image.
Self-image is the understanding of one's personality in the middle layer of personality: the self-concept is what you look like; the self-image is what you are in the middle layer; what characteristics or character do you see in the animal, and what character you are in the middle.
If you happen to be a biology student, or if you are not a biology student but know a lot about animals, don't use it. The animal character I am referring to refers to this animal character in fairy tale legends.
For example, the real pig intelligence is not lower than other animals, but the legendary pig is stupid; the real fox may not be embarrassing, but in the legend it is embarrassing. If the first animal you see is a fox, it means that you are a fox.
The tiger is brave, majestic, and cheerful, but it is a bit lonely in the heart of the tiger.
The lion is majestic, dominant, and loving.
The wolf is fierce, cruel, and hateful.
The cow is powerful, gentle and kind, but it is also very embarrassing.
Sheep are more docile and kind, but they are also a bit embarrassing.
Dogs are loyal, emotional, brave, and love justice and order.
The cat is a two-faced person. On the surface, it is gentle, lazy or lively and lovely, like the cat we saw during the day. But in fact it has another side, wild, deceitful and fierce, agile, and sometimes ran out to catch mice at night.
Rats are weak, timid, and always do not attract attention to their own little days. He is a lovely little people. Of course, there are also common problems among small people: shortsightedness, greed and so on.
If you see a bird, what bird is it, is it an eagle, a sparrow, or a lark? The eagle is a lonely hero, the sparrow is a mortal being, and the singer is a beautiful and lively girl (the boy sees the Braun, indicating that he has the poet's temperament).
Are the animals you see cubs or adults? This reflects your psychological maturity at this time.
What are the characteristics of the animals you see, for example, the legs of the sheep are extra long, or the feathers of the birds are beautiful. This is your characteristic, you have long legs, good hair or good looks.
Self-concept and self-image are mostly consistent. If they are inconsistent, then self-intention is more representative of you. Because the self-concept is out of the "sense person," he is the easiest to deceive himself; the self-image is out of the "primitive man", and the "primitive man" is more honest, so he can see his true image more.
True self in rheology
The true self is constantly changing, and there is no fixed form. Like a plant, it was still a young bud yesterday. Today, there are two leaves. The leaves will change from light yellow to green after tomorrow. After a few days, it will become a very vigorous plant, then bloom and result. And then die.
What is the true self of this plant? It's the whole process!
When the plant was first unearthed, it was weak; when grown up, it was strong; after flowering, it was gorgeous. But we can't say that its "character" is gorgeous, because it is not gorgeous when it is not blooming. Only inanimate things have a fixed form. For example, you can say that a piece of ore has a fixed "character", hard, gray, and so on.
The true self of man has no fixed character. So strictly speaking, when you say "I am...", you are wrong, the real self can not be said, it is wrong to say.