“Life is complicated. It’s filled with nuance. It’s unsatisfying. If I believe in anything, it is doubt. The root cause of all life’s problems is looking for a simple answer.”
Anthony Bourdain
The false self is the persona we created for parental and societal approval. We can only live in it for so long before we breakdown emotionally. It’s this breakdown that starts us on the journey of finding our authentic self. Or what some call: waking up.