Outline of self


The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the human self:
Self - individuality, from one's own perspective. To each person, self is that person. Oneself can be a subject of philosophy, psychology and developmental psychology; religion and spirituality, social science and neuroscience.

In general

Personality traits

Big Five personality traits
- characteristic of a person which supports individual moral excellence and collective well-being. Such characteristics are valued as a principle and recognized as a good way to be. This list is necessarily incomplete.
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    Vices
  • Anger - emotional response related to one's psychological interpretation of having been threatened. Often it indicates when one's basic boundaries are violated. Some have a learned tendency to react to anger through retaliation. Anger may be utilized effectively when utilized to set boundaries or escape from dangerous situations.
  • Jealousy - emotion, and the word typically refers to the negative thoughts and feelings of insecurity, fear, and anxiety over an anticipated loss of something of great personal value, particularly in reference to a human connection. Jealousy often consists of a combination of emotions such as anger, resentment, inadequacy, helplessness and disgust.
  • Laziness - disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to do so. It is often used as a pejorative; related terms for a person seen to be lazy include couch potato, slacker, and bludger.
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  • Seven Deadly Sins
  • # Lust - emotion or feeling of intense desire in the body. The lust can take any form such as the lust for knowledge, the lust for sex or the lust for power. It can take such mundane forms as the lust for food as distinct from the need for food.
  • # Gluttony – over-indulgence and over-consumption of food, drink, or wealth items to the point of extravagance or waste. In some Christian denominations, it is considered one of the seven deadly sins—a misplaced desire of food or its withholding from the needy.
  • # Greed - also known as avarice, cupidity, or covetousness, is the inordinate desire to possess wealth, goods, or objects of abstract value with the intent to keep it for one's self, far beyond the dictates of basic survival and comfort. It is applied to a markedly high desire for and pursuit of wealth, status, and power. See also, Greed.
  • # Sloth - spiritual or emotional apathy, neglecting what God has spoken, and being physically and emotionally inactive. It can also be either an outright refusal or merely a carelessness in the performance of one's obligations, especially spiritual, moral or legal obligations. Sloth can also indicate a wasting due to lack of use, concerning a person, place, thing, skill, or intangible ideal that would require maintenance, refinement, or support to continue to exist.
  • # Wrath - also known as "rage", may be described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger. Wrath, in its purest form, presents with self-destructiveness, violence, and hate that may provoke feuds that can go on for centuries. Wrath may persist long after the person who did another a grievous wrong is dead. Feelings of anger can manifest in different ways, including impatience, revenge, and self-destructive behavior, such as drug abuse or suicide.
  • # Envy - emotion which "occurs when a person lacks another's superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it"
  • # Pride - inflated sense of one's personal status or accomplishments, often used synonymously with hubris.
  • Vanity - excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others.
    Harmful traits and practices
  • Abjection
  • Abnormal psychology
  • Bias
  • Crime
  • Deception
  • Dysfunctional family
  • Existential crisis
  • Failure
  • Grandiosity
  • Hubris
  • Hypocrisy
  • Identity crisis
  • Ignorance
  • Impostor syndrome
  • Narcissism
  • Pessimism
  • Risk
  • Self-abasement
  • Self-absorbed
  • Self-abuse
  • Self-blame
  • Self-criticism
  • Self-deception
  • Self-deprecation
  • Self-envy
  • Self-estrangement
  • Self-handicapping
  • Self-harm
  • Self-hatred
  • Self-immolation
  • Self-loathing
  • Self-pity
  • Self-propaganda
  • Self-punishment
  • Self-righteousness
  • Self-serving
  • Self-victimization
  • Selfism
  • Sexual self-objectification
  • Stress
  • Suicide

    Personal experience

Personal life

Stages of life

Major life events

Self-actualization

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