You were probably born with your true self. It was and is your deep and natural core before you were socialized to be something different.

你也许生来就拥有真正的自己，它是在你被社会化并且变得不同以前，你自己最深层最本质的核心。

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It's a silly idea born out of Freud's original vision of psychology and self-change.

接受弗洛伊德的原创心理学和改变自我实在是一个愚蠢的想法。

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